Kirunda Kivejinja

Kirunda Kivejinja
Born(1935-06-12)12 June 1935
Uganda Protectorate
Died19 December 2020(2020-12-19) (aged 85)
Kampala, Uganda
NationalityUgandan
Alma materDelhi University
(BSc in Zoology)
OccupationPolitician
Years active1962 – 2020
TitleSecond Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda & Minister without Portfolio

Ali Kirunda Kivejinja (12 June 1935 – 19 December 2020), more commonly known as Kirunda Kivejinja, was a veteran Ugandan politician and senior presidential advisor to the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni. He at the time of his demise was the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without portfolio in the Ugandan Cabinet.[1]

Previously, he served as the Minister for Relief and Social Rehabilitation, Internal Affairs and as Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda.[2] He was appointed Minister of East African Community Affairs on 6 June 2016,[3] and left that position on 14 December 2019.[4]

He died on 19 December 2020 and his death was said to have been caused by the raging COVID-19 disease which he was reported to be battling with for about a fortnight at Mulago Referral Hospital.[5]

  1. ^ "Museveni shuffles Cabinet, drops Muloni, appoints Magyezi". Monitor. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ Yolisigira, Yazid (22 August 2014). "Kivejinja Returns To Challenge MP Katuntu". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  3. ^ Uganda State House (6 June 2016). "Museveni's new cabinet list At 6 June 2016" (PDF). Daily Monitor. Kampala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Museveni shuffles Cabinet, drops Muloni, appoints Magyezi". Monitor. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Kivejinja succumbs to COVID-19". 19 December 2020.