Mwesigwa Rukutana

Mwesigwa Rukutana, is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He was former Deputy Attorney General of Uganda. He was transferred from attorney general chambers to Minister of State for Labour and he is currently Rushenyi County Member of Parliament. He was appointed to the post of deputy attorney general on 1 March 2015, replacing Fred Ruhindi, who was appointed Attorney General.[1] Prior to that, between 27 May 2011 and 1 March 2015, he served as the State Minister for Labor in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to this position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Emmanuel Otala, who was dropped from the Cabinet.[2] Prior to that, he served as the State Minister for Higher Education, from 16 February 2009 until 27 May 2011.[3]

Mwesigwa Rukutana
Born (1959-11-15) 15 November 1959
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Laws)
Law Development Centre
(Diploma in Legal Practice)
OccupationLawyer & Politician
Years active1986 — present
Known forPolitics
TitleState Minister for Labor

He is also the elected Member of Parliament (MP) for "Rushenyi County", Ntungamo District. He has continuously served in that capacity since 2001.[4] On

On 6 September 2020 after being defeated by Naome Kabasharira in the NRM primaries, Rukutana turned violent and took a gun from one of his bodyguards and shot two people who were rushed to the hospital in a critical condition. The police in Ntungamo District arrested and detained Rukutana and his three bodyguards following a shooting incident.[5]

Background and education

He was born in Ntungamo District on 15 November 1959. He attended Kigezi High School for his O-Level education. He transferred to Mbarara High School where he completed his A-Level studies. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university, established in 1922. He also holds the Diploma in Law Practice from the Law Development Center in Kampala, Uganda's capital.[4]

Career

He served as the Registrar of Titles, in the Ministry of Lands, from 1986 until 1988. From 1984 until 1992, he served as a Lecturer in Law at the Law Development Center, in Kampala. In 1994, he was elected as a Delegate to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution, serving in that capacity until 1995. In 2001, he was elected to the Ugandan Parliament, to represent "Rushenyi County", Ntungamo District. He was re-elected in 2006.[4] In 2001, he was appointed Minister of State for Finance, serving in that capacity until 2006. In 2006, he was appointed Minister of State for Labor, serving in that capacity until 2009.[6] He was reassigned as State Minister for Education, Responsible for Higher Education, on 16 February 2009[7]

Personal details

He belongs to the National Resistance Movement political party. His interests include farming, investing in real estate and in hotels & resorts. Mwesigwa Rukutana believes in polygamy and is married to 4 wives with 15 children, according to his interview with Daily Monitor, Uganda's leading news paper, in 2010.[8]

See also

References
  1. Uganda State House, . (1 March 2015). "Full Cabinet List As At 1 March 2015" (PDF). Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 1 March 2015.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Uganda State House, . (27 May 2011). "Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers". Facebook.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Newvision Archive, . (18 February 2009). "Full Cabinet List As At 18 February 2009". New Vision (Kampala). Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. POU, . (2011). "Profile of Rukutana Mwesigwa, Member of Parliament for Rushenyi County, Ntungamo District". Parliament of Uganda (POU).CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana arrested". Nile Post. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. Mukasa, Henry (2 June 2006). "Cabinet Ministries Allocated". New Vision (Kampala). Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  7. Newvision Archive, . (18 February 2009). "Full Cabinet List As At 18 February 2009". New Vision (Kampala). Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. Edgar R. Batte, and Evelyn Lirri (13 February 2010). "To Be or Not To Be Polygamous". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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