Amelia Kyambadde

Background

She was born in June 1955, to the late Serwano K. Kulubya and Mary Kafureka, in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.

Education

She attended Gayaza Primary School in Wakiso District for her elementary education, Gulu Sacred Heart High School in Gulu District for her secondary education and Aga Khan School of Secretarial Studies in Nairobi, Kenya, for her post-secondary education. Amelia Kyambadde holds the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (Bachelor of Business Administration), from, Uganda"s oldest institution of tertiary education, founded in 1922. She also holds the degree of Master of Business Administration (Master of Business Administration), from the American InterContinental University in London, United Kingdom.

Career

She is the current Minister for Trade and Industry in the Ugandan Cabinet. She was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. She replaced Kahinda Otafiire, who was appointed Minister for Justice.

She relocated to Uganda, in 1959, at the age of four years.

She started working in the Ugandan Civil Service in 1979, at the age of twenty-four (24). She rose to the rank of Principal Private Secretary (Parliamentary Private Secretary) of the President of Uganda.

In 2010, she voluntarily resigned as the President"s Parliamentary Private Secretary, to contest the parliamentary seat of "Mawokota County North", Mpigi District. On 27 March 2011, she was appointed Minister for Trade & Industry.

Amelia Anne Kyambadde is married to Wilson Kyambadde since 1976.

Together, they are the parents of five children. She is the Patron of Twezimbe Development Foundation (TDF), a community-based, non-governmental, organization formed to improve the living conditions of the people of her parliamentary constituency. She founded the Twezimbe non-governmental organization.

Achievements

• During the Uganda national elections of 2011, she won her parliamentary contest and is now the incumbent Member of Parliament for that constituency.

Membership

Amelia Kyambadde is also the elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for "Mawokota County North" in Mpigi District.