Namirembe Bitamazire is the Chancellor of the Uganda Management Institute.
12 Facts About Namirembe Bitamazire
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Namirembe Bitamazire was minister of education from 1979 to 1980 and again from 2005 to 2011.
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Namirembe Bitamazire served as the member of parliament representing Mpigi District women in the Ugandan Parliament from 2001 to 2011.
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Namirembe Bitamazire was born on 17 July 1941 in the Central Region of Uganda.
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Namirembe Bitamazire went on to obtain a Diploma in education from Makerere University in 1964.
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Namirembe Bitamazire followed that with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967 and a Master of Arts degree in 1987, both from Makerere University.
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Namirembe Bitamazire served as the headteacher of the Tororo Girls School from 1971 to 1974.
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From 1981 until 1996, Namirembe Bitamazire was the deputy chairperson of the Teaching Service Commission.
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Namirembe Bitamazire was appointed as minister of state for education in 1999, serving in that capacity until 2005, when she was appointed minister of education and sports.
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Namirembe Bitamazire currently serves as the chancellor of the Uganda Management Institute, a public, degree-awarding, tertiary institution of higher education, with accreditation equivalent to a university.
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Namirembe Bitamazire is married to Alphonce Namirembe Bitamazire of the Uganda People's Defence Force.
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Namirembe Bitamazire was a member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women from 1998 to 2001 and is a founding member of the Forum for African Women Educationalists.