Mary Mugyenyi Explained

Mary Mugyenyi
Birth Date:3 January 1957
Birth Place:Nyabushozi District, Uganda
Alma Mater:Makerere University

Dalhousie University, Canada
Occupation:Politician, lecturer and entrepreneur
Years Active:2001–present
Nationality:Ugandan
Citizenship:Ugandan
Honorific Prefix:Honorable

Mary Mugyenyi is a Ugandan politician and a representative in the parliament of East African Legislative Assembly.[1] She is the former member of parliament of Nyabushozi County in Kiruhura District. She is a wife to the former Bank of Uganda executive director Joshua Mugyenyi.[2]

She holds a master's degree in education from Dalhousie University, Canada, and a bachelor's degree in politics and administration from Makerere University.She is the vice chairperson for Uganda Management Institute Council and a lecturer at Makerere University. She is also served as state minister for agriculture. She is the brain behind the Nshenyi Culture Village,a community-based tourism initiative based in Ntungamo District. She is a one-of-a-kind person who believes that money is letting down the development of East African politics.[3]

In 2013, she and Makerere Staff honored her late husband and former political lecturer Joshua Baitwa Mugyenyi at Makerere University together with Ephraim Kamuntu.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EALA commences in Kampala, inducts MPs. 25 June 2020. www.newvision.co.ug.
  2. Web site: 3 January 2017. Six things you didn't know about EALA seat aspirant Mary Mugyenyi. 24 June 2020. Watchdog Uganda. en-GB.
  3. Web site: 6 February 2017. EALA RACE: Mary Mugyenyi Fears Bribery Could Cost Uganda Competent Representatives. 25 June 2020. ChimpReports. en-US.
  4. Web site: Makerere honours Dr Joshua Mugyenyi News@CHUSS. 25 June 2020. chuss.mak.ac.ug.