Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu is a Ugandan politician, who serves as the
Minister of Energy and Mineral Development in the
Ugandan Cabinet, effective 8 June 2021.
Although she told her supporters "If the cows vote, let them vote, I want to get 120%" she lost her seat as Women MP for Kiboga District in January 2021.
Before that, from 1 March 2015 until 3 May 2021, she served as the
Chief Government Whip
The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes.
United Kingdom
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, a Cabinet-level position in
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
.
replacing
Justine Lumumba Kasule, who was given the post of
Secretary General
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of the ruling
National Resistance Movement
The National Resistance Movement ( sw, Harakati za Upinzani za Kitaifa; abbr. NRM) has been the ruling party in Uganda since 1986.
History
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla ...
political party in Uganda on 23 December 2014.
Prior to that, from 27 May 2011 until 1 March 2015, Nankabirwa served as the
State Minister for Fisheries in the Cabinet of Uganda replacing
Fred Mukisa
Frederick Douglas Mwanja Mukisa (4 April 1949 – 29 December 2019) was a Ugandan educator and politician. He served as the State Minister for Fisheries in the Ugandan Cabinet, from 1 June 2006 until 27 May 2011. In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 ...
, who was dropped from the cabinet.
Prior to that, she served as
State Minister for Microfinance, from 16 February 2009 until 27 May 2011.
Background and education
Ruth Nankabirwa was born on 28 November 1965. She hails from
Kiboga District
Kiboga District is a district in the Buganda Region of Uganda. The town of Kiboga is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Kiboga District is bordered by Nakaseke District to the northeast and east, Mityana District to the south, Mu ...
in
Central Uganda. She attended ''Bamusuuta Primary School'' for her Primary Education. She studied at
Nabisunsa Girls' Secondary School
Nabisunsa Girls Secondary School is an all-girl boarding school located in Kampala, Uganda. The school was founded in 1954 by Prince Badru Kakungulu, a Buganda Royal, in 1954, to offer post-primary education to the Muslim girl-child. Today it admi ...
, for both O-Level and A-Level education. She holds a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in
Fine Art
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from
Makerere University
Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of n ...
. She also holds the degree of
Master of Arts
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in Conflict Studies, also from Makerere.
Career
From 1994 through 1995, she served as a delegate to the
Constituent Assembly
A constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution. Members of a constituent assembly may be elected b ...
. In 1996, Ruth Nankabirwa was elected to serve as the member of parliament for Woman Delegate for Kiboga District. She held that position from 1996 until 2021. From 1998 through 2001, she served as Minister of State for
Luweero Triangle in the
Office of the Prime Minister. Between 2001 and 2009, she served as
State Minister for Defense, a post she held until she was appointed to be the State Minister for Microfinance. In the Cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, she was moved to the Fisheries Ministry as State Minister,
a position she held until she was named Chief Government Whip.
See also
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Cabinet of Uganda
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Parliament of Uganda
The parliament of Uganda is the country's legislative body. Unicameral, the most significant of the Ugandan parliament's functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country. The government ministers are bound to answer t ...
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Kiboga District
Kiboga District is a district in the Buganda Region of Uganda. The town of Kiboga is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Kiboga District is bordered by Nakaseke District to the northeast and east, Mityana District to the south, Mu ...
References
External links
Full Ministerial Cabinet List, May 2011
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1965 births
Living people
Ganda people
People from Kiboga District
Members of the Parliament of Uganda
National Resistance Movement politicians
Central Region, Uganda
Makerere University alumni
21st-century Ugandan women politicians
21st-century Ugandan politicians
Government ministers of Uganda
Women government ministers of Uganda
Women members of the Parliament of Uganda
People educated at Nabisunsa Girls' Secondary School