Nationality Ugandan Religion Islam Ethnicity Musoga Name Kirunda Kivejinja | Alma mater University of Delhi Years active 1962 - present Home town Iganga | |
Full Name Kirunda Kivejinja Title Former Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda | ||
Omuntu w abantu al hajji ali kirunda kivejinja ekitundu eky okubiri
Ali Kirunda Kivejinja (born 12 June 1935), more commonly known as Kirunda Kivejinja, is a veteran Ugandan politician and senior presidential advisor to the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni. He is the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016.
Contents
- Omuntu w abantu al hajji ali kirunda kivejinja ekitundu eky okubiri
- Omuntu w abantu obote yatya nnyo al hajji ali kirunda kivejinja
- Education
- Political career
- Books
- References
Previously, he has variously served as the Minister for Relief and Social Rehabilitation, Internal Affairs and as Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda.
Omuntu w abantu obote yatya nnyo al hajji ali kirunda kivejinja
Education
Kivejinja studied at the Kibuli Junior School and Busoga College Mwiri in Uganda and then took a pre-university course at Madras Christian College before obtaining a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Zoology at Delhi University on a Government of India scholarship. While in India he was treasurer of the African Students Association which had among its members Bingu wa Mutharika, John Malecela and John Mataure.
Political career
Kivejinja returned to Uganda in 1962. During the 1960s he served a political mobilizer for the Uganda People's Congress, the ruling political party at that time. Since the overthrow of the second Milton Obote regime in 1986, Kivejinja has served in several positions in the government led by President Yoweri Museveni. In 1986, he was appointed Minister of Relief and Social Rehabilitation. He has since served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Third Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda. Since August 2012 he has been made Senior Presidential Advisor for Internal Affairs to President Museveni. On 6 June 2016, he was named as the new Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs in the new Cabinet announced that day.
Books
Kivejinja is the author of Uganda: The Crisis of Confidence, a book about Uganda's political history.