Judith Tukahirwa Tumusiime (née Judith Tukahirwa) is a Ugandan environmental scientist, water and

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consultant, and former management executive. She is the immediate past deputy executive director of the

Kampala Capital City Authority Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is the legal entity, established by the Parliament of Uganda, Ugandan Parliament, that is responsible for the operations of the capital city of Kampala in Uganda. It replaced the Kampala City Council (KCC). ...

(KCCA). She was appointed to that position in December 2012. She resigned on 31 October 2016, citing interference from politicians and security agencies.

Background and education

She was born in Uganda circa 1970. Tukahirwa attended the Shimoni Primary School in the city centre at that time and

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for her O-Level and A-Level studies. She studied at

Makerere University Makerere University (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922, and the oldest currently active university in East Africa. It became an independent national university in ...

, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science Education in biology and chemistry. Later, she obtained a

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in environment and natural resources, also from Makerere. Her

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in urban sanitation and solid waste management was obtained from

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in the

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. The subject of her doctoral thesis was about the role of civil society organizations in urban sanitation and solid waste management in cities within East Africa. Later, she received executive training from the

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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 ''

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Environment Project'' in the Uganda Ministry of Lands and Urban Development, sponsored by the

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. 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

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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 four children. Tukahirwa also serves a member of the

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of the

National Water and Sewerage Corporation The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is a water supply and sanitation company in Uganda. It is wholly owned by the government of Uganda. As of October 2023, the company supplied of potable water daily to the country. This compar ...

, Uganda's largest water and sanitation utility.

References

External links

Website of Kampala Capital City AuthorityWebsite of National Water and Sewerage CorporationThe Mills College, Women in Public Service Project Institute Delegates
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Background and education

Career

Other responsibilities

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