Syda Bbumba
| Syda Bbumba | |
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| Minister of Gender, Labor & Social Development | |
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In office 2011–2012 |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 2009–2011 |
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| Minister of Gender, Labor & Social Development | |
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In office 2006–2008 |
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| Minister of Energy and Minerals | |
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In office 2002–2006 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 7, 1952 Nakaseke, Uganda |
| Nationality |
 Uganda
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Syda Namirembe Bbumba (last name sometimes spelled Bumba) (born 7 January 1952) is a Ugandan accountant, politician and banker. She served in the Cabinet of Uganda as Minister of Energy and Minerals from 2002 to 2006, Minister of Gender, Labor and Social Development from 2006 to 2008, Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2011, and Minister of Gender, Labor and Social Development again from 2011 to 2012. She is also the elected Member of Parliament for Nakaseke County North, Nakaseke District.
Syda Bbumba attended Trinity College Nabbingo for her high school education. She also attended Makerere College School, before she entered university.
She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree in Accounting, obtained from Makerere University in 1974. Her Master of Business Administration (MBA), was obtained from Kampala International University, in 2006.
Syda Bbumba worked as an accountant and treasury manager for 21 years at Uganda Development Bank, from 1974 until 1995. She was a member of the Uganda Electoral Commission in 1996 prior to being elected to the Parliament of Uganda, representing Nakaseke County in Nakaseke District. She has continually represented that constituency in the Ugandan parliament. She is the incumbent.
From 2002 until 2006, she was the Minister of Energy & Minerals. From 2006 until 2008, she served as the Minister of Gender, Labor and Social Affairs. Bbumba has reported on the many long-term environmental problems that growing population has contributed to, but President Yoweri Museveni often still urges Ugandans to produce more children.
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