BIOGRAPHY OF RUHAKANA RUGUNDA

Ruhakana Rugunda who is commonly known as Ndugu by his friends is a Ugandan politician and medical doctor who is currently the Prime Minister of the republic of Uganda and he rose to this position in 2014 after being appointed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. 

Ruhakana Rugunda was born in Kabale district which is found in the Western part of Uganda in 1947. 

When he was still young, Rugunda would sit next to his father who is called Surumani Rugunda and read newspapers for him. 

This early exposure to politics through reading newspapers sparked interest in politics for Ruhakana Rugunda. Ruhakana Rugunda had his secondary school education in Kigezi high school and Busoga College Mwiri before joining Makerere University where he studied Medicine and Surgery and after that he went to University of Zambia where he graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery.

 After completing his Bachelors degree he joined the University of California, Berkeley where he got a Masters0f science degree in public health. 

During his time at Makerere University he was the president of the National Union of Students of Uganda (NUSU) which was a politically vibrant youth movement. During the time when he was a young political activist, Ruhakana Ruganda joined the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) and he became very good friends with the then president Apollo Milton Obote. 

In 1986 after president Yoweri Kaguta became the Ugandan president, Ruhakana Rugunda was appointed in various Ministerial posts like the Minister of health, Minister of Internal Affairs , Minister of Water and lands and also  Minister of Information and Communication technology. 

He was in 2014 appointed as the prime minister by  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.