Rose Namayanja
| Rose Namayanja | |
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| Former Minister of Information and National Guidance | |
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In office 23 May 2013 – 1 March 2015 |
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| President | Yoweri Museveni |
| Preceded by | Mary Karooro Okurut |
| Succeeded by | Jim Muhwezi |
| Minister of State for Luweero Triangle | |
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In office 24 May 2011 – 23 May 2013 |
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| President | Yoweri Museveni |
| Prime Minister | Amama Mbabazi |
| Preceded by | Thembo Nyombi |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Ndobooli Kataike |
| Member of Parliament from Nakaseke District | |
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Assumed office May 2006 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Member of Parliament for Youth Central Region | |
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In office May 2001 – May 2006 |
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| Succeeded by | Kasozi Joseph Muyomba |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rose Namayanja 18 August 1975 Kalagi, Uganda |
| Political party | National Resistance Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Nsereko (m. 2002) |
| Alma mater |
Makerere University (Bachelor of Arts) (Bachelor of Laws) Cranfield University (MSc in Security Studies) |
| Religion | Seventh-day Adventist |
Namayanja Rose Nsereko (born 18 August 1975) is a Ugandan lawyer, columnist, author, security sector manager and politician. She is the former Minister of Information and National Guidance in the Cabinet of Uganda, a position she held from 23 May 2013, until 1 March 2015. 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.
Rose Namayanja is also the elected Member of Parliament for Nakaseke District Women Representative. She is the current National Treasurer of Uganda's ruling party, The National Resistance Movement (NRM). 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.
Rose Namayanja was born in Kalagi, a village in Nakaseke District (one of the Luwero Triangle districts) on 18 August 1975 to the late Jackson Ssebowa and Catherine Namirembe Ssebowa. A Muganda by tribe, she was born in an Anglican family. She converted to the Seventh-day Adventist Church while in high school. She attended Kabowa Church of Uganda Primary School, for her primary education and Light College Katikamu for her middle and high school education. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (1998) and Bachelor of Laws (2011), both from Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda. She also holds the degree of Master of Science (2010), in Security Sector Management, obtained from and Cranfield University, the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
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