Asuman Kiyingi
{{short description|Ugandan lawyer and politician}}
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| birth_place = Uganda
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| alma_mater = Makerere University
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Law Development Center
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| occupation = Lawyer & Politician
| years_active = 1986 — present
| nationality = Ugandan
| citizenship = Uganda
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Asuman Kiyingi is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He was the State Minister of Works in Uganda's Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015, replacing John Byabagambi, who was appointed Minister of Works and Transport.{{cite web |title=Full Cabinet List As At 1 March 2015 |author=Uganda State House |work=Daily Monitor |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/2639388/data/956667/-/oq6gpdz/-/cabinet.pdf |access-date=6 March 2015 |date=1 March 2015 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709092825/http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/2639388/data/956667/-/oq6gpdz/-/cabinet.pdf |url-status=dead }} Prior to that, from 27 May 2011 until 1 March 2015, he was the State Minister of Foreign Affairs for Regional Affairs. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Isaac Musumba, who was dropped from the cabinet.{{cite web | date=27 May 2011| url=https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150208384704078&comments |title=Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments And Dropped Ministers |access-date=27 December 2014 |author=Uganda State House |work=Facebook.com}} Before that, he served as the State Minister for Lands from 2009 until 2011.{{cite web | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200907200835.html | title=Uganda: Ministers In Nakawa Estate Scam | date=18 July 2009 | first=Barbara |last=Among | accessdate=27 December 2014 |newspaper=New Vision (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com}} He also represents Bugabula County South, Kamuli District, in the Parliament of Uganda. He has served in that position since 23 February 2006.{{cite web|newspaper=New Vision (Kampala) |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/485556 |title=Musumba Excites Jinja Residents |date=5 March 2006 |accessdate=27 December 2014 |first=Abubaker |last=Mukose |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227213233/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/485556 |archivedate=27 December 2014 }}
Background and education
He was born in Kamuli District on 27 December 1963.{{cite web | accessdate=27 December 2014 | url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=355&const=Bugabula+County+South&dist_id=20&distname=Kamuli | date=2011 | title=Profile of Asuman Kiyingi | publisher=Parliament of Uganda | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064627/http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=355&const=Bugabula+County+South&dist_id=20&distname=Kamuli | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=dead }} While attending Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university, founded in 1922, he earned both a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws. He also holds the Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center in Kampala.
Work experience
Before his appointment to the cabinet in February 2009,{{cite web
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|date=18 February 2009
|title=Full Cabinet List
|accessdate=27 December 2014
|newspaper=New Vision (Kampala)
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213214754/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/671730
|archivedate=February 13, 2015
}} Kiyingi worked in several diverse legal settings. He started as a legal assistant in the Kampala-based legal firm of Ntume, Nyanzi & Company Advocates. Later, he moved to another Kampala legal company called Mugenyi & Company Advocates. He was promoted to the rank of advocate while there. From that job, he became a legal officer with the National Social Security Fund. From there, he became the Corporation Secretary at National Medical Stores, which is Uganda's pharmaceutical acquisition body. The last job he worked before joining politics was as legal counsel to the National Planning Authority. He was elected to the Ugandan Parliament in February 2006, upsetting the then incumbent MP, Salaamu Musumba of the Forum for Democratic Change, opposition political party.{{cite web
|date=10 March 2006
|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/17/486466
|title="I Am Still Strong" - Salaamu Musumba
|accessdate=27 December 2014
|last=Karugaba
|first=Mary
|newspaper=New Vision (Kampala)
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227231232/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/17/486466
|archivedate=27 December 2014
}}
Personal details
Asuman Kiyingi is married. He belongs to the National Resistance Movement political party. He is reported to enjoy debating, travel, theater and poetry.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.parliament.go.ug/ Website of the Parliament of Uganda]
- [http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1170806/-/c0y8sbz/-/index.html Full List of Cabinet Ministers May 2011]
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Category:People from Kamuli District
Category:People from Eastern Region, Uganda
Category:Members of the 8th Parliament of Uganda
Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of Uganda
Category:Government ministers of Uganda
Category:Independent politicians in Uganda
Category:Makerere University alumni