Rose Namayanja

Rose Namayanja
Minister of Information and National Guidance
In office
23 May 2013 – 1 March 2015
President Yoweri Museveni
Preceded by Mary Karooro Okurut
Succeeded by Jim Muhwezi
Minister of State for Luweero Triangle
In office
24 May 2011 – 23 May 2013
President Yoweri Museveni
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi
Preceded by Thembo Nyombi
Succeeded by Sarah Ndobooli Kataike
Member of Parliament from Nakaseke District
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 2006
Preceded by District created
Member of Parliament for Youth Central Region
In office
May 2001 – May 2006
Succeeded by Kasozi Joseph Muyomba
Personal details
Born Rose Namayanja
18 August 1975
Kalagi, Uganda
Political party National Resistance Movement
Spouse(s) Charles Nsereko (m. 2002)
Alma mater Makerere University
(Bachelor of Arts)
(Bachelor of Laws)
Cranfield University
(MSc in Security Studies)
Religion Seventh-day Adventist

Namayanja Rose Nsereko (born 18 August 1975) is a Ugandan lawyer, columnist, author, security sector manager and politician. She is the former Minister of Information and National Guidance in the Cabinet of Uganda, a position she held from 23 May 2013,[1] until 1 March 2015. [2] Prior to that, she served as Minister of State for Luwero Triangle in the Prime Minister's office, from 27 May 2011 until 24 May 2013. She replaced Thembo Nyombi, who was appointed State Minister for Information Technology.[3]

Rose Namayanja is also the elected Member of Parliament for Nakaseke District Women Representative. She is a member of Uganda's ruling party, The National Resistance Movement (NRM). She was a founder member of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), the youth wing of Uganda's Democratic Party (DP) that was known for its radicalism in the mid-1990s.[4][5]

Background and education

Rose Namayanja was born in Kalagi, a village in Nakaseke District (one of the Luwero Triangle districts) on 18 August 1975 to the late Jackson Ssebowa and Catherine Namirembe Ssebowa. A Muganda by tribe, she was born in an Anglican family. She converted to the Seventh-day Adventist Church while in high school. She attended Kabowa Church of Uganda Primary School, for her primary education and Light College Katikamu for her middle and high school education. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (1998) and Bachelor of Laws (2011), both from Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda. She also holds the degree of Master of Science (2010), in Security Sector Management, obtained from and Cranfield University, the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.[5]

Career

Prior to her senior political career, Namayanja worked as an academic registrar for Light Bureau of Accountancy in 1998. Between 1999 and 2001, she worked as a political officer at State House Kampala. She started her political career as a student and youth leader at Makerere University in 1995. She was a founder member of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), the youth wing of Uganda's Democratic Party (DP). According to her, she drew her inspiration from the then young people in politics like the late Noble Mayombo and further from the powerful women in politics like the former vice president of Uganda Dr. Specioza Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe, Winnie Byanyima, Janat Mukwaya and Cecilia Ogwal. The desire to make a contribution to rebuilding Luwero Triangle, her homeland and the theatre of Yoweri Museveni's liberation war made her aim for more influential political positions.

In 2001 at the age of 25, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) representing the youth for Uganda's Central Region, which includes Luwero Triangle, for a five year term. In 2006, having crossed to the NRM after the introduction of Multi-Party Politics and the creation of Nakaseke District the previous year, Namayanja stood unopposed for the position of Woman MP for Nakaseke District and was reelected in 2011 for a five year term. In 2011, she was appointed for her first ministerial position as Minister of State for Luwero Triangle in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). She held that portfolio until she was appointed Minister of information and National Guidance on 23 May 2013,[6][3][5][7] a position she held until 1 May 2015, when she was dropped from the Cabinet.[8]

Other considerations

Rose Namayanja is married to Charles Nsereko. They were married in a Seventh-day Adventist ceremony on 2 September 2002. She is the Chairperson of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children.[9] She plans to retire from active politics in 2016.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vision Reporter, . (24 May 2013). "President Museveni Makes Minor Cabinet Changes". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Uganda State House, . (1 March 2015). "Full Cabinet List As At 1 March 2015" (PDF). Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Uganda State House, . (27 May 2011). "Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers". Facebook.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Kiggundu, Edris (15 September 2013). "Sejusa Makes Star Out of Lawyer Luzige". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 POU, . (2011). "Profile of Namayanja Rose Nsereko: Woman Representative for Nakaseke District". Parliament of Uganda (POU). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Sseruyange, Geoffrey (8 July 2013), "Namayanja Reorganises Information Ministry", New Vision (Kampala), retrieved 10 February 2015
  7. ↑ Nsereko, Rose Namayanja. "Government Has Made Gains In Corruption Fight". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Monitor Team, . (3 March 2015). "How Regions Shared Cabinet Positions". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Uganda Government News, . (10 June 2009). "Uganda: Launch of Campaign Against Child Sacrifice". Bettercarenetwork.org. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

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