Kania Obiga

Kania Obiga
Born (1953-01-01) 1 January 1953 (age 71)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
Years active1994–present
Known forPolitics
TitleMember of Parliament for Terego County East, Arua District and State Minister for Internal Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet

Kania Mario Obiga is a Ugandan politician. He is the State Minister for Internal Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position of 6 June 2016.[1] He concurrently serves as the elected representative of Terego County East, Arua District, in the 10th Parliament of Uganda (2016–2021).[2]

Background and education

He was born on 1 January 1953. He attended Odupi Primary School, where he obtained a Primary Leaving Certificate in 1966. He transferred to St. Aloysius College Nyapea, in present-day Zombo District, graduating in 1970 with an East African Certificate of Education.[2]

He was admitted to St. Mary's College Kisubi, in Wakiso District, where he graduated with an East African Advanced Certificate of Education in 1972. He then entered Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1976. Later, in 2005 he was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree, by the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute. In addition, he s an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA).[2]

Career

Between 1994 and 1995, Kania Obiga was a delegate to the Constituent Assembly that promulgated Uganda's 1995 constitution. He was then elected to the Parliament of Uganda, serving in that capacity between 1996 and 2001. Between 2001 and 2015, he served as the Director of Research at the Secretariat of the National Resistance Movement political party. He was also a member of the Uganda Immigration Board from 2007 until 2011. In 2016, he elected to represent Terego County East, Arua District, on the National Resistance Movement ticket.[2]

In June 2016, he was named State Minister of Internal Affairs, in Uganda's Cabinet.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Uganda State House (6 June 2016). "Museveni's new cabinet list At 6 June 2016" (PDF). Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Parliament of Uganda (2018). "Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament: Obiga Mario Kania". Kampala: Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ^ Asiimwe, Dicta (7 June 2016). "Museveni Names Cabinet, Appoints Wife to Education Ministry". The East African. Nairobi. Retrieved 23 March 2019.