LADIES IN LEADERSHIP: Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda

 Compiled by Ruth Kiconco

Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja was appointed as Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament designate, by H.E. President Yoweri Museveni on 8th June 2021 becoming the 11th person and first female, to occupy the office since Uganda became independent in 1962.

Before this appointment, Hon. Nabbanja was the Minister of State for Health in charge of General Duties, a position she was appointed to on 14th December 2019.

Nabbanja was born and raised in Kamusenene village, Nkooko Sub County in present-day Kakumiro District, Bunyoro, Western Uganda on 17 December 1969.

She attended Nkooko Primary School before joining St. Edward’s Secondary School Bukuumi, for both her O-Level and A-Level studies.

Between 1990 and 2000, Nabbanja obtained Certificates and Diplomas in Leadership, Management and Development Studies, from various institutions, including Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda Management Institute, the Islamic University in Uganda and the National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi.

She later obtained a Bachelor of Democracy and Development Studies Degree from Uganda Martyrs University in 2013.

From 1993 until 1996, Hon. Nabbanja was a School Teacher at Uganda Martyrs’ Secondary School Kakumiro.  She then served as a District Councilor, representing Nkooko Sub-County, in what was Kibaale District at the time, from 1998 until 2001.  During that period, she concurrently served as the Secretary for Health, Gender and Community Services for the district.

For 10 years (2001–2010) she served as a Resident District Commissioner in the districts of Pallisa, Busia and Budaka, before joining elective politics in 2011, when she successfully contested for Kibaale District Woman Representative in the 9th Parliament (2011–2016).

When Kakumiro District was created in 2016, she successfully contested for the Woman Representative seat for the new district. She is currently the Woman MP for Kakumiro District, having won re- election for the same seat in the January 2021 elections.

During her time in Parliament, she served as Treasurer of the NRM Caucus (2011-2016), and as a Parliamentary Commissioner (2016-2019).

Rt. Hon. Nabbanja Robinah is currently a first-year master's student of Monitoring and Evaluation at Nkumba University, Kampala Campus.

Rt. Hon. Nabbanja is passionate about Community Mobilisation and effective Service Delivery.


#RystarLadies #LadiesInLeadership   

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Unveiling NTV's Priscilla Regina Nalwoga Uganda's rising media talent

Image
Regina Priscilla Nalwoga is a media personality whose stardom is evidently on an upward trend on Uganda's Television airwaves. She is a News Anchor on NTV Uganda where she hosts a daily news show "NTV AT ONE" during the prime-time Lunch hour from 1:00 PM every weekday in the afternoon (Mondays to Fridays). She joined the Nation Media Group (NMG) after she had gained her on-screen reputation from UBC TV. Priscilla also hosts #MorningAtNTV Her Television career began recently when she made her first appearance in September of 2020 on the National broadcaster Uganda broadcasting Corporation (UBC). She was at Uganda's oldest TV station for one year and four months before she joined her present job at NTV Uganda. When she is not anchoring news on Television, Priscilla also doubles as a Radio presenter on one of Uganda's finest Christian radio stations, the Watoto-owned Power 104.1 FM.  Nalwoga is a show host for Beyond the Game sports Show that she has been actively do
Read more

Meet Sylvia Mulinge, MTN Uganda’s new & first female CEO

Image
LADY OF THE WEEK:  Sylvia Mulinge, MTN Uganda’s first female CEO who began her term in office this month Ms Sylvia Wairimu Mulinge is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of MTN Uganda, replacing Mr Wim Vanhelleputte who has been promoted to a regional role as operating executive for the WECA Markets of Liberia, Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, and Congo-Brazzaville within the MTN Group. Sylvia has been the Chief Consumer Business Officer at telecom giant Safaricom Plc Kenya. Mr. Charles Mbiire the Chairman of the Board of Directors MTN Uganda, said: “I would like to welcome Sylvia Mulinge to MTN Uganda. I believe that her experience will be beneficial to MTN, particularly given her alignment to our strategic intent of leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress. The Board is confident that Ms. Mulinge will continue the work of growing the Company as a leading provider of telecommunications and digital solutions.” This week on #RystarLadies we focus on her career as a to
Read more

Tech company Copia Global announces new leadership appointments to support growth strategy

Image
Copia Global announces new leadership appointments to support growth strategy NAIROBI– Copia Global has announced new appointments to its leadership as the organisation deepens its focus on regional growth and continues to pursue its expansion strategy. The company has today announced the appointments of Caren Robb as GlobalChief  Financial Officer, Mike King as Chief Technology Officer,  as well as the appointment of in-house leader Dominic Dimba to Managing Director, East Africa with immediate effect. Caren Robb is Copia Global's newly appointed Global Chief  Financial Officer. “These new appointments position Copia for long term success, while enabling us to  deliver on our ambitions and create more value for our customers, communities and  shareholders,” said Tim Steel, CEO, Copia Global. “These highly talented leaders will  provide additional global perspectives and regional experience across key facets of our  business.” Copia Global is the only B2C platform providing e-comme
Read more