Janet Museveni

Janet Kataaha Museveni (née Kainembabazi, born June 24, 1948) is the First Lady of Uganda since May 1986. She is married to Yoweri Museveni, with whom she has four children.. She is the current Minister for Karamoja Affairs in Uganda's Cabinet She was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011.[1] She is also the elected Member of Parliament representing "Ruhaama County", Ntungamo District.[2]

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History

Janet Kainembabazi Kataaha Museveni was born in Bwongyera village in Kajara county, Ntungamo district, Uganda to Mr and Mrs Edward Kataaha. She attended Kyamate primary school.

Janet Museveni went into exile in 1971, when Idi Amin toppled the Obote I regime in a military coup. She married Yoweri Museveni in August 1973.[3] When Idi Amin's regime fell from power in April 1979, she moved back to Uganda from Tanzania where she had been living in exile with her husband.

In February 1981 when Yoweri Museveni launched his guerrilla war against the government of President Milton Obote, Janet Museveni and her children re-located to Nairobi, Kenya, where they lived with family friends until 1983. In 1983, they moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, and stayed there until May 1986, four months after Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army had seized power in Kampala.

Children

The four children of Janet Museveni are:

Achievements

  1. Janet Museveni founded the Uganda Women's Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO), a private relief agency in late 1986, which she said was shaped by her experience as a refugee. She became involved with the HIV/AIDS campaigns in Uganda in the 1990s, forging ties with radical pastor Martin Ssempa.[9]
  2. In November 2005, she announced that she would seek the parliamentary seat of Ruhaama county, in the February 2006 Ugandan general elections. She contested the seat against the candidate for Forum for Democratic Change, Augustine Ruzindana, and won overwhelmingly. She was re-elected in March 2011 to another five-year term.
  3. On 16 February 2009, Janet Museveni was appointed State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, by her husband, President Yoweri Museveni.[10]
  4. On 27 May 2011, she was elevated to Minister for Karamoja Affairs, complete with a State Minister for Karamoja Affairs.[11]

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References

  1. ^ Museveni Names New Cabinet
  2. ^ Janet Museveni Is MP For Ruhaama County, Ntungamo District
  3. ^ a b Butagira, Tabu (22 May 2010). "Janet Museveni Opens Up On Love, Family And Politics". AllAfrica.com (The Monitor). http://allafrica.com/stories/201005240504.html. Retrieved 20 October 2010. "President Museveni writes in his autobiography: ... Janet and I were married in August 1973 while working for the East African Community and there first child, Muhoozi [Kainerugaba], was born on April 24, 1974..." 
  4. ^ Lt. Col. Muhoozi is Commander Special Forces The information given here is not the bible truth, Jannet can only be taken as mother in some sense but she is not the biological mum to the boy
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  6. ^ Website of Covenant Nations Church
  7. ^ Patience Rwabwogo is a Pastor
  8. ^ Geoffrey Kamuntu and His Wife
  9. ^ The Economist magazine. July 3rd, 2010 edition. page 45.
  10. ^ Janet Museveni Appointed Minister of State
  11. ^ Full List of Cabinet Ministers of Uganda, May 2011