Baryayanga Andrew Aja

Andrew Aja Baryayanga (born 2 September 1979) is a Ugandan administrator, Microsoft Certified Professional, entrepreneur and politician. He is the reelected Member of Parliament for Kabale Municipality now serving a second term of office and is not affiliated to any political party in Uganda.

Baryayanga was the Independents Chief Whip and served on the Committee on Commissions, State Authorities & State Enterprises and the Committee on Natural Resources in the 10th Parliament of Uganda.

In the 9th Parliament, Baryayanga served on the Committee on Commissions, State Authorities & State Enterprises and the Committee on Natural Resources and during this term, he challenged the Inspector general of Government (IGG) inquiry on the Karuma hydropower project in the constitutional court. Baryayanga is also the founding director of Baata Engineering Company, an engineering contractors firm in Eastern Africa.

Early life and education Baryayanga was born in Kabale District, Kigezi sub-region, on 24 September 1979 in a Christian family of the Kiga people. He attended Kigezi High School Primary for his primary education and Kigezi College Butobere for both his O-level and A-Level academic qualifications. Consequently, he acquired his PLE certification in 1995, his UCE certification in 1999 and UACE certification in 2001.

Baryayanga further advanced to Makerere University for his university education where he graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Arts degree. Still in the same institution of higher education, Baryayanga acquired a CCNA certification in 2008 given his newly found love for information technology at the time. He continued to advance his computer knowledge by acquiring an MCSE certification (2010) from Tirat Carmel in Israel.