Residence Kampala, Uganda Citizenship Uganda Home town Kampala | Nationality Ugandan Years active 1998 – present | |
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Born 1970 (age 46–47) Uganda Occupation Environmental scientist and management executive Known for Expertise in water and sanitation Alma maters Makerere University, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Harvard University Books Paving the Way Forward in Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Research: Emerging Scholars Edition People also search for Darryn McEvoy, Yuanbin Cai | ||
Judith Tukahirwa Tumusiime, BSc, MSc, PhD, (née Judith Tukahirwa), is a Ugandan environmental scientist, water and sanitation consultant, and former management executive. She is the immediate past deputy executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). She was appointed to that position in December 2012. She resigned on 31 October 2016, citing interference from politicians and security agencies.
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Background and education
She was born in Uganda circa 1970. Tuhakirwa attended the Shimoni Primary School in the city centre at that time and Trinity College Nabbingo for her O-Level and A-Level studies. She studied at Makerere University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science Education in biology and chemistry. Later, she obtained a Master of Science in environment and natural resources, also from Makerere. Her doctorate in urban sanitation and solid waste management was obtained from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Later, she received executive training from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Career
In 1998, she started teaching biology and chemistry at St. Mary's College Kisubi. Following her doctoral studies, she worked as a researcher on the Lake Victoria Environment Project in the Uganda Ministry of Lands and Urban Development, sponsored by the World Bank. Her initial involvement with KCCA was when she was hired as a consultant on solid waste management. Later, she was appointed acting director of public health and environment. In December 2012, President Yoweri Museveni appointed her deputy executive director of the KCCA. In October 2016, she resigned from that position.
Other responsibilities
She is married to architect Edmund Tumusiime and together are the parents of three children. Tukahirwa also serves a member of the board of directors of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda's largest water and sanitation utility.