Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa | |
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| Born | Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa 29 October 1949 Arua, Uganda |
| Title | State Minister for Higher Education and Technology |
| Spouse | Edith Natukunda-Togboa [1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Makerere University |
Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa (born 29 October 1949) is a Ugandan academic and politician. From 2015 to 2016, he was State Minister for Higher Education and Technology in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015, replacing John Chrysostom Muyingo; [2] in the reshuffle of June 2016, however, he was not reappointed. [3] As a cabinet minister, he was also an ex officio member of parliament. [4] Before his ministerial appointment, he was a deputy vice chancellor at Makerere University, the oldest and largest of the eight public universities in Uganda. [4] [5]
Tickodri-Togboa was born in Oduluba Village, approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi), east of downtown Arua. His mother died when he was three years old. His father, a construction worker, remarried after Togboa's mother died. Tickodri-Togboa attended Arua Junior School for his middle school studies [1] He attended Nyakasura School before joining Nairobi University, where he studied electrical engineering. Later, he obtained a Master of Science from Makerere University and a doctorate from the University of Odesa in Ukraine. [1]