Rose Namayanja

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Rose Namayanja
Former Minister of Information and National Guidance
In office
23 May 2013 – 1 March 2015
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Prime MinisterAmama Mbabazi and Ruhakana Rugunda
Preceded byMary Karooro Okurut
Succeeded byJim Muhwezi
Minister of State for Luweero Triangle
In office
24 May 2011 – 23 May 2013
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Prime MinisterAmama Mbabazi
Preceded byThembo Nyombi
Succeeded bySarah Ndobooli Kataike
Member of Parliament from Nakaseke District
In office
May 2006 – February 2016
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded bySarah Najjuma
Member of Parliament for Youth Central Region
In office
May 2001 – May 2006
Succeeded byKasozi Joseph Muyomba
Personal details
Born
Rose Namayanja

(1975-08-18) 18 August 1975 (age 48)
Kalagi, Uganda
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
Spouse
Charles Nsereko
​
(m. 2002)​
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Arts)
(Bachelor of Laws)
Cranfield University
(MSc in Security Studies)
OccupationDeputy Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement

Namayanja Rose Nsereko (born 18 August 1975) is a Ugandan lawyer, columnist, author, security sector manager and politician. She is the current Deputy Secretary General of Uganda's rulling party.[1]

Namayanja is a former National Treasurer of Uganda's ruling party, The National Resistance Movement (NRM). She is also the former Minister of Information and National Guidance in the Cabinet of Uganda, a position she held from 23 May 2013,[2] until 1 March 2015.[3] Prior to that, she served as Minister of State for Luwero Triangle in the Prime Minister's office, from 27 May 2011 until 24 May 2013. She replaced Thembo Nyombi, who was appointed State Minister for Information Technology.[4] Namayanja also served as the elected Member of Parliament for Nakaseke District Women Representative from 2006 to 2016.[5] She was a founder member of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), the youth wing of Uganda's Democratic Party (DP) that was known for its radicalism in the mid-1990s.[6][7]

Background and education[edit]

Namayanja was born in Kalagi, a village in Nakaseke District (one of the Luwero Triangle districts) on 18 August 1975 to Jackson Ssebowa and Catherine Namirembe Ssebowa. A Muganda by tribe, she was born in an Anglican family. She converted to the Seventh-day Adventist Church while in high school. She attended Kabowa Church of Uganda Primary School, for her primary education and Light College Katikamu for her middle and high school education. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (1998) and Bachelor of Laws (2011), both from Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda. She also holds the degree of Master of Science (2010), in Security Sector Management, obtained from and Cranfield University, the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.[7]

Career[edit]

Prior to her senior political career, Namayanja worked as an academic registrar for Light Bureau of Accountancy in 1998. Between 1999 and 2001, she worked as a political officer at State House Kampala. She started her political career as a student and youth leader at Makerere University in 1995. She was a founder member of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), the youth wing of Uganda's Democratic Party (DP). According to her, she drew her inspiration from the then young people in politics like the late Nobel Mayombo and further from the powerful women in politics like the former vice president of Uganda, Specioza Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe, Winnie Byanyima, Janat Mukwaya and Cecilia Ogwal. The desire to make a contribution to rebuilding Luwero Triangle, her homeland and the theatre of Yoweri Museveni's liberation war made her aim for more influential political positions.

In 2001 at the age of 25, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) representing the youth for Uganda's Central Region, which includes Luwero Triangle, for a five-year term. In 2006, having crossed to the NRM after the introduction of Multi-Party Politics and the creation of Nakaseke District the previous year, Namayanja stood unopposed for the position of Woman MP for Nakaseke District and was reelected in 2011 for a five-year term. In 2011, she was appointed for her first ministerial position as Minister of State for Luwero Triangle in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). She held that portfolio until she was appointed Minister of information and National Guidance on 23 May 2013,[4][7][8][9] a position she held until 1 May 2015, when she was dropped from the Cabinet in consideration of the fact that she had been appointed National Treasurer of the National Resistance Movement in January 2015.[10][11] Namayanja did not contest the 2016 general election.[5] Namayanja is the current Deputy Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement as appointed by the Chairman in 2021.

Personal life[edit]

Rose Namayanja is married to Charles Nsereko. They were married in a Seventh-day Adventist ceremony on 2 September 2002. She was the Chairperson of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children.[12] She retired from active elective politics in 2016.[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NEC approves Lumumba, Namayanja for NRM jobs". Daily Monitor. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ^ New Vision (24 May 2013). "President Museveni Makes Minor Cabinet Changes". New Vision. Kampala). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Full Cabinet List As At 1 March 2015" (PDF). Daily Monitor (Kampala). 1 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers". Facebook.com. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Over 20 MPs bow out of 2016 race". Informer East Africa. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Kiggundu, Edris (15 September 2013). "Sejusa Makes Star Out of Lawyer Luzige". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Profile of Namayanja Rose Nsereko: Woman Representative for Nakaseke District". Parliament of Uganda (POU). 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  8. ^ Sseruyange, Geoffrey (8 July 2013), "Namayanja Reorganises Information Ministry", New Vision (Kampala), retrieved 10 February 2015
  9. ^ Nsereko, Rose Namayanja. "Government Has Made Gains In Corruption Fight". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  10. ^ "How Regions Shared Cabinet Positions". Daily Monitor (Kampala). 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Will NRM officers leave the House? Unlikely!". The Observer (Uganda).
  12. ^ Uganda Government News (10 June 2009). "Uganda: Launch of Campaign Against Child Sacrifice". Bettercarenetwork.org. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  13. ^ The Observer Uganda (3 July 2017). "NRM's Namayanja showing the way for post-politics leadership". The Observer (Uganda). Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

External links[edit]

Parliament of Uganda
Preceded by
Constituency Created
 Member of Parliament for Youth Central Region
2001–2006 		Succeeded by
Kasozi Joseph Muyomba
Preceded by
District Created
 Member of Parliament from Nakaseke District
2006–2016 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State for Luweero Triangle
2011–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Information and National Guidance
2013–2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by National Treasurer of the National Resistance Movement
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