Ruhakana Rugunda new Prime Minister Publish Date: Sep 19, 2014 Ruhakana Rugunda new Prime Minister By Vision Reporter Reports from State House indicate that health minister Ruhakana Rugunda has been appointed Prime Minister of Uganda. He will replace Amama Mbabazi who has been the premier after the 2011 general election. Rugunda, who has been a key figure in the cabinets of President Yoweri Museveni, took over the health portfolio replacing Dr Christine Ondoa who was dropped from the cabinet. Prior to the health ministry he had served as Uganda’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations, from January 2009 until May 2011. He has also served as the Minister of Information, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Minister of Works, Transport & Communication, Minister of Water, Lands & Environment, Commissioner for Animal Industry, Game and Fisheries, Chairman of NRM Electoral Commission, Member of Parliament for Kabale Municipality and President of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme. Rugunda was born in Kabale on November 7, 1947 to the late Surumani Rugunda, he attended Kigezi High School and Busoga College Mwiri where he served as Head Prefect, before joining Makerere University Medical School and later the University of Zambia graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB). He later studied at the University of California, Berkeley and obtained the degree of Master of Science in Public Health. Before joining Ugandan politics, Rugunda worked as Medical Officer in Zambia, as a physician at DC General Hospital in Washington DC, and at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:49:02 +0000
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