Robinah Nabbanja (born 17 December 1969) is a

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educator and politician, who is the

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, after being nominated to the office on 8 June 2021. She was formally confirmed by the

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on 21 June 2021. She replaced Ruhakana Rugunda, who was named to the post of ''Envoy For Special Duties In The Office Of The President of Uganda''. She is the first female prime minister of Uganda. Previously, she served as State Minister of Health for General Duties in the Ugandan cabinet, between 14 December 2019 until 3 May 2021. She concurrently serves as the elected

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for Kakumiro District Women Constituency in the 11th Parliament (2021–2026), a role she also carried in the 10th Parliament (2016–2021).

Background and education

She was born in present-day Kakumiro District, on 17 December 1969. She attended ''Nkooko Primary School''. She then studied at ''St. Edward's Secondary School Bukuumi'', for both her O-Level and A-Level studies, obtaining both the

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and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from there. Between 1990 and 2000, Nabbanja obtained certificates and diplomas in

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, management and

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, from various institutions, including

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Uganda Management Institute Uganda Management Institute (UMI) is a government-owned national center for training, research, and consultancy in the field of management and administration in Uganda. It is one of the nine public universities and degree-awarding institutions in ...

, the

Islamic University in Uganda The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) is a multi-campus university offering courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The main campus of the university is in Mbale, Uganda, about north-east of Kampala, Uganda's ca ...

and the ''National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi''. Her Bachelor of Democracy and Development Studies and her Master of Arts in

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were both awarded by Uganda Martyrs University.

Career

From 1993 until 1996, Nabbanja was a school teacher at ''Uganda Martyrs Secondary School Kakumiro''. She then served as District Councillor, representing ''Nkooko Sub-County'', in what was Kibaale District at the time, from 1998 until 2001. She concurrently served as the Secretary for Health, Gender and Community Services for the district during that period. She then spent the next ten years (2001–2010) serving as a Resident District Commissioner in the districts of Pallisa, Busia and Budaka. In 2011, she joined Uganda's electoral politics by successfully contesting for Kibaale District Women Representative in the 9th Parliament (2011–2016). When Kakumiro District as created in 2016, she contested for the Women Constituency in the new district and won again. She is the incumbent MP. In the cabinet reshuffle on 14 December 2019, Nabbanja was appointed State Minister of Health (General Duties), replacing Sarah Achieng Opendi who was named State Minister for Mineral Wealth. Following parliamentary approval, she was sworn into office on 13 January 2020. In the new cabinet named on 8 June 2021, Nabbanja was named Prime Minister of the 82-member fishermen cabinet (2021 to 2026).

Controversy

In December 2021, during the by-election of LC5 in Kayunga, Robinah Nabbanja went to campaign for 5 days and was accused of giving out 4000 UGX bribes to vote the NRM candidate Muwonge.

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Full of List of Ugandan Cabinet Ministers December 2019
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Background and education

Career

Controversy

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