Dr. Violet Kajubiri Froelich (born 1949) is a

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and sister of

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president

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and Gen.

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Background and education

Her exact date of birth is not really known but the year is known as in his book, Sowing the Mustard Seed (Revised edition, Page 3), President

says Kajubiri was born in 1949. In the seventies, she attained a bachelor's degree and a concurrent diploma in Education majoring in

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and

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from

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.She worked at

as a special assistant in the department of

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and it was during that time that she got a scholarship from

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where she went to Hohenheim University for her master's and PhD in

Career

served as the General Secretary of the Wildlife Clubs of Uganda. She was appointed to be a member of the Education Service Commission in 2010. Between 2008 and 2009, Kajubiri worked as a consultant for the state of Lower Saxony (Germany) on Education and Development. In 2001 to 2004, Kajubiri was also a consultant for Protestant Development Aid in Germany.

Personal life

In her book, My Life's Journey,

Janet Museveni Janet Kainembabazi Museveni (; born 24 June 1948) is a Ugandan politician and the First Lady of Uganda since 1986. She is married to Yoweri Museveni (incumbent president of Uganda) She has been Cabinet Minister of Education and Sports sinc ...

, says Kajubiri is married to German national Hilmar Froelich and the couple has four children.

References

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