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Vincent Ssempijja
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He is the current State Minister of Agriculture in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position in a cabinet reshuffle on 1 March 2015. Ssempijja was born in Kalungu District, in Uganda"s Central Region, on 28 November 1956.
He completed his O-Level studies in 1974, and his A-Level education in 1976.
He holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration, obtained from Nkumba University in 2007. His degree of Master of Arts in Public Administration, was obtained in 2010, also from Nkumba University.
Prior to 2011, Ssempijja served as the District Chairman for Masaka District. This was before Kalungu District, Lwengo District and Bukomansimbi District were peeled off of the old Masaka District.
In 2011, he was elected to the 9th Ugandan Parliament to represent "Kalungu County East".
He ran as an Independent. In a cabinet reshuffle on 1 March 2015, President Yoweri Museveni, appointed him State Minister for Agriculture.
Membership
He also serves as the elected Member of Parliament, representing "Kalungu County East", in Kalungu District.
