Rose Namayanja

Rose Namayanja
Former Minister of Information and National Guidance
In office
23 May 2013 – 1 March 2015
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Prime MinisterAmama Mbabazi and Ruhakana Rugunda
Preceded byMary Karooro Okurut
Succeeded byJim Muhwezi
Minister of State for Luweero Triangle
In office
24 May 2011 – 23 May 2013
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Prime MinisterAmama Mbabazi
Preceded byThembo Nyombi
Succeeded bySarah Ndobooli Kataike
Member of Parliament from Nakaseke District
In office
May 2006 – February 2016
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded bySarah Najjuma
Member of Parliament for Youth Central Region
In office
May 2001 – May 2006
Succeeded byKasozi Joseph Muyomba
Personal details
Born
Rose Namayanja

(1975-08-18) 18 August 1975 (age 49)
Kalagi, Uganda
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
Spouse
Charles Nsereko
​
(m. 2002)​
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Arts)
(Bachelor of Laws)
Cranfield University
(MSc in Security Studies)
OccupationDeputy Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement

Namayanja Rose Nsereko (born 18 August 1975) is a Ugandan lawyer, columnist, author, security sector manager and politician. She is the current Deputy Secretary General of Uganda's ruling party.[1]

Namayanja is a former National Treasurer of Uganda's ruling party, The National Resistance Movement (NRM). She is also the former Minister of Information and National Guidance in the Cabinet of Uganda, a position she held from 23 May 2013,[2] until 1 March 2015.[3] Prior to that, she served as Minister of State for Luwero Triangle in the Prime Minister's office, from 27 May 2011 until 24 May 2013. She replaced Thembo Nyombi, who was appointed State Minister for Information Technology.[4] Namayanja also served as the elected Member of Parliament for Nakaseke District Women Representative from 2006 to 2016.[5] She was a founder member of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), the youth wing of Uganda's Democratic Party (DP) that was known for its radicalism in the mid-1990s.[6][7]

  1. ^ "NEC approves Lumumba, Namayanja for NRM jobs". Daily Monitor. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ^ New Vision (24 May 2013). "President Museveni Makes Minor Cabinet Changes". New Vision. Kampala). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Full Cabinet List As At 1 March 2015" (PDF). Daily Monitor (Kampala). 1 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers". Facebook.com. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Over 20 MPs bow out of 2016 race". Informer East Africa. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Kiggundu, Edris (15 September 2013). "Sejusa Makes Star Out of Lawyer Luzige". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Profile of Namayanja Rose Nsereko: Woman Representative for Nakaseke District". Parliament of Uganda (POU). 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2015.