Background
Nyombi was born in Nakasongola District, on 23 April 1954, to Eriakimu Kajja, a schoolteacher and Mistress Kajja, a fulltime housewife.
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Peter Nyombi
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Nyombi attended Nakasongola Primary School. He then studied at Kings College Buddo for his O-Level and A-Level education. He studied law, graduating in 1976, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
Career
He is the former Attorney General in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Kiddu Makubuya who became Minister for General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister.
In the cabinet reshuffle of 1 March 2015, he was dropped from the cabinet and was replaced by Fred Ruhindi.
Nyombi is one of thirteen siblings. In 1973, he was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda"s largest and oldest public university, established in 1922.
In 1977, he received the Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre. From 1977 until 1986, he worked as a State Attorney in the Department of Public Prosecution in the Ugandan Ministry of Justice.
Foreign the next ten years, from 1986 until 1996, he served as Counsel in the Office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG).
From 1996 until 2001, he worked as the Director of Legal Affairs in the office of the IGG. In 2001, he opened his own legal practice, Nyombi and Company Advocates, which is still operation as of March 2015. Also in 2001, he was elected to the Uganda"s Parliament to represent "Buruuli County", Nakasongola District. He has continually represented that parliamentary constituency since.
From May 2011 until March 2015, he served as Uganda"s Attorney General.
In August 2013 the Uganda Law Society, an industry association suspended Peter Nyombi from its members, citing three controversial opinions that he had rendered, opinions that contravened conventional legal understanding: As of March 2015, Peter Nyombi remains suspended. He advised the President, Yoweri Museveni, that it was Constitutional for General Aronda Nyakairima, an actively serving officer in the Uganda People"s Defence Force to serve in the Ugandan Cabinet, as Minister of Internal Affairs.
Peter Nyombi is married. He is a devout Christian.
Achievements
Politics
He advised Rebecca Kadaga, the Speaker of Parliament, that three MPs expelled by their political party, the National Resistance Movement, could keep their parliamentary seats.
Membership
He is also the elected Member of Parliament for "Buruuli County" in Nakasongola District.
