Thembo Nyombi

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Thembo Nyombi
Born (1964-07-31) 31 July 1964 (age 59)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma mater Makerere University
(Bachelor of Arts)
Bradford University
(Diploma in Project Planning & Management)
Uganda Martyrs University
(MSc in Development Economics)
(Diploma in Financial Management)
Occupation Economist & Politician
Years active1990 — present
Known for Politics

George William Thembo Nyombi is a Ugandan economist and politician. He is the executive director Uganda Communications Commission a position he assumed on 24 November 2023 [1] and a former State Minister for Information Technology in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Alintuma Nsambu, who was dropped from the Cabinet. [2] Prior to that, he served as the State Minister for Luweero Triangle in the Office of the Prime Minister, from 2009 until 2011. [3] Nyombi Thembo is also a former Member of Parliament (MP), for "Kassanda County South", Mubende District. He has continuously represented the constituency since 2001. [4]

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Background

He was born on 31 July 1964 in Mubende District, in a family of thirteen siblings. His father was Erisa Zziwa Bosomungho, from the Ndomboli royal family in Zenzeka, Boma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His mother was Eseza Ziribasanga, who also had a Congolese background. The father migrated to Uganda in 1924, due to social and political upheavals in the region and finally settled in Kassanda, Singo County, in modern-day Mubende District.

Education

He attended Lubiri Secondary School in Kampala, for his A-Level education. Thembo Nyombi graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Makerere University, the oldest and largest of Uganda's public universities. He holds a diploma in project planning and management from Bradford University in the United Kingdom and a postgraduate diploma in financial management from Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) in Uganda. His degree of Master of Science in Development Economics was awarded by UMU. [4]

Work experience

Between 1990 and 1996, Thembo Nyombi was a part-time economics teacher at Uphill College, a high school in Uganda. He worked as an analyst, planning officer and senior planning officer for the Uganda Railways Corporation during the 1990s. Between 1995 and 2001, he worked at a Project Manager, Transport Rehabilitation Project (Railway Component), at Kampala City Council. He was elected to the Ugandan Parliament in 2001, representing Kassanda County South in Mubende District. That same year, he was appointed Minister of State for Education and Sports (Primary Education). In 2006, he was re-elected to parliament and was appointed to his last cabinet post. [4] [5]

Personal details

Thembo Nyombi is a member of the National Resistance Movement political party. He was married to Prisca Mashengyero Thembo. On the evening of Saturday, 28 July 2012, at about 10pm, she was killed in an automobile accident when the utility vehicle she was driving was struck by another vehicle at Bwebajja, on the Kampala-Entebbe Road. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Writer, JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff (2023-11-24). "Former ICT Minister Nyombi Thembo named UCC Executive Director". PML Daily. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  2. ↑ "Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers". Uganda State House. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Full Cabinet List As At 18 February 2009". New Vision (Kampala). 18 February 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Profile of Nyombi Thembo William George, Membe of Parliament for Kassanda County South, Mubende District". Parliament of Uganda (POU). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Omurungi, Sharon M (26 September 2012). "Help Ugandans On Counterfeits, Says Nyombi Thembo". Daily Monitor (Uganda). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Minister Nyombi Tembo's Wife Dies In Accident". New Vision (Kampala). 29 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Baranga, Samson (19 August 2012). "Nyombi Thembo Buries His Sorrow In Music". The Observer (Uganda) . Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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