Chris Baryomunsi was born on 9 December 1969 and is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, demographer, and politician.
15 Facts About Chris Baryomunsi
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Chris Baryomunsi is the Minister for ICT and National Guidance in the Cabinet of Uganda.
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In 1971, when Chris Baryomunsi was two years old, his parents migrated to Kayungwe, Rugyeyo in present-day Kanungu District.
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Chris Baryomunsi attended Kayungwe Primary School for his primary education and St Paul's Seminary, Kabale for his O-Level and A-Level education.
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Chris Baryomunsi was admitted to Makerere University, the largest public university in Uganda, to study human medicine.
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Chris Baryomunsi later worked as a reproductive health adviser for UNFPA between 2002 and 2006.
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Chris Baryomunsi worked as a lecturer at Makerere University between 2000 and 2006.
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Chris Baryomunsi began his political career in high school, where he served as the elected minister for education at St Paul's Seminary from 1988 to 1990.
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Chris Baryomunsi turned down the job so that he could contest in the 2006 Ugandan parliamentary election.
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Chris Baryomunsi ran as the NRM political party candidate for the Kinkiizi County East constituency in Kanungu District and was elected to Parliament.
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Chris Baryomunsi was elected president of the African Parliamentarians Forum on Population and Development.
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Chris Baryomunsi has served as a Parliamentary Commissioner for NRM in the Parliament of Uganda from June 2011 to April 2014.
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Chris Baryomunsi is known to be an independent thinker, who is not afraid to disagree with his party when it diverts "from pro-people issues".
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Chris Baryomunsi's father converted to Catholicism in the early 1950s, despite having been raised in a Protestant household.
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Chris Baryomunsi is married to Fosca Twebaze and they have two children.