Abdul Nadduli | |
|---|---|
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 6 June 2016 –14 December 2019 | |
| President | Yoweri Museveni |
| Chairperson,Luwero District Local Government (LC V) | |
| In office 1996–2006 | |
| Chairperson,Luwero District Local Government (LC V) | |
| In office March 2011 –2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1942 Kaddunda village,Kapeeka sub-county,Nakaseke District,Uganda |
| Party | National Resistance Movement (NRM) |
| Education | Bugema University (BA,Social Work and Social Administration) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Al hajji Abdul Nadduli (born 22 December 1942) is a Ugandan politician and retired military officer. [1] He served as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet of Uganda from 6 June 2016 to 14 December 2019. [2] [3] After being dropped from Cabinet in December 2019,he was appointed a Senior Presidential Advisor. [4]
Nadduli was born on 22 December 1942 in Kaddunda village,Kapeeka sub-county,in present-day Nakaseke District,to Nabukenya and Ali Nadduli. [1] Uganda Radio Network reports that he attended Luwero Boys Primary School and Lukalu Quran School,and later studied at Gulu Central Technical School and Ndejje Teachers College. [1]
In 2006,Uganda Radio Network reported that he graduated from Bugema University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work and Social Administration. [5]
Uganda Radio Network reports that Nadduli worked as a teacher at Kalasa Church of Uganda Primary School in Luwero District for 11 years,before joining the National Resistance Army (NRA) rebel movement in 1980 after a meeting with Yoweri Museveni in Luwero District. [1]
Nadduli served multiple terms as chairperson of the Luwero District Local Government (LC V). The ACODE score-card report for the 2011/2012 financial year states that he was serving his third term and that he had earlier served as district chairperson in the periods 1996 to 2001 and 2001 to 2006;the same report states that he was re-elected in March 2011 after having previously lost the seat in 2006. [6]
In the 2011 district chairperson election,New Vision reported that he won with 40,780 votes against incumbent Ronald Ndawula,who received 32,354 votes,in a three-candidate race. [7]
In 2015,Uganda Radio Network reported that Ronald Ndawula won the Luwero District NRM chairperson seat in internal party elections,succeeding Nadduli as outgoing district party chairperson. [8]
On 6 June 2016,President Yoweri Museveni appointed Nadduli Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet of Uganda. [2] [3]
On 14 December 2019,he was dropped from Cabinet and appointed a Senior Presidential Advisor,according to Uganda Radio Network coverage of the reshuffle. [4] New Vision also reported that he was appointed a presidential adviser after the reshuffle. [9]
New Vision described Nadduli in 2016 as the National Resistance Movement's national vice chairperson for Buganda. [10] Daily Monitor reported in 2022 that he previously served on the NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) representing the central region. [11]