Edward Rugumayo
| Edwad Rugumayo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 December 1934 Fort Portal, Uganda |
| Residence | Fort Portal, Uganda |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
| Alma mater |
University of London (Bachelor of Science) University of Liverpool (Diploma in Education) Church of England (Certificate in Religious Studies) |
| Occupation | Environmentalist, politician & academic |
| Years active | 1966 – present |
| Known for | Politics, Academics |
| Home town | Kyenjojo |
| Title |
University Chancellor Kampala University and Mountains of the Moon University |
Edward Bitanywaine Rugumayo is a politician, diplomat, author, academic and environmentalist in Uganda. He has previously served as cabinet minister in three Ugandan administrations. From 1979 until 1980, Rugumayo served as the chairman of the Uganda Legislative Council, the equivalent of Speaker of Parliament today. He currently serves as the Chancellor of two Ugandan universities. He is an avid botanist and a community leader.
Rugumayo was born in Kyenjojo District, then known as Mwenge County, on 18 December 1934.
He attended Mukole Primary School in Kyenjojo District from P1 to P4. He then attended Galihuma Primary School from P5 to P6. For S1 to S3, he attended Kabarole Junior Secondary School, and for S4 to S6, he attended Nyakasura School, in Fort Portal. He was admitted to Makerere University in the mid 1950s, but he quit when the university didn't offer him the course he wanted. He was offered Agriculture, but he wanted Medicine. He was offered a scholarship to go and study in the United States of America, but was denied a passport by the British Colonial Administration. Instead, in 1958, they gave him a scholarship to go and study in the United Kingdom. He studied for the Diploma in Education at Chester College, then a constituent college of the University of Liverpool. He then studied at the University of London, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Botany and Ecology.
When he returned to Uganda in 1966, he taught briefly at Kyambogo before joining Makerere University, as the Warden of Mitchell Hall, one of the halls of residence. In 1971, Idi Amin successfully led a coup d'état against the Obote I administration. Rugumayo was appointed Minister of Education, through connections with his friend Wanume Kibedi, a lawyer, with whom they had studied in London and who was an in-law to Idi Amin. Kibedi was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. In February 1973, one year and eight months on the job, Rugumayo resigned from Amin's cabinet; the first member of the cabinet to resign. He went into exile in Nairobi, Kenya, staying there until 1979, when Amin's regime was toppled.
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