Education
Makerere University.
Makerere University.
He is the current State Minister of Finance for Privatization in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. In the cabinet reshuffle of 1 March 2015, he retained his cabinet post.
Prior to that, from 16 February 2009 until 1 March 2015, he served as the State Minister of Finance for Investments.
He has represented that constituency in parliament from 2001 until 2006 and fromm 2011 until now. Between 1983 until 1988, Aston Kajara worked in the Ministry of Finance, as a Customs Officer.
From 1988 until 1990, he served as Board Member and Company Secretary at Uganda Motors Limited, a Ugandan automobile and industrial machinery distributing company, based in Kampala. Between 1992 and 1995, he served as Principal Revenue Officer at the Uganda Revenue Authority.
In 1994, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly which drafted the 1995 Ugandan constitution.
He maintained his law practice until 2001. In 1996 he contested for the parliamentary seat of Mwenge County South in Kyenjojo District. In 2002, he became a Legal Consultant at his legal firm whose name had now changed to Kateeba, Runyangira & Kajara Advocates.
In 2006, he regained his parliamentary seat of "Mwenge County South".
He was also appointed State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, serving in that position until his appointment to his current cabinet post in February 2009. In 2011, he was re-elected to parliament.
Aston Kajara is married. He is reported to enjoy social networking, sports and traveling
He is also the elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament), representing "Mwenge County South" Kyenjojo District.