Henry Kajura

Henry Muganwa Kajura (born 7 July 1934

Background and education Kajura was born on 7 July 1934 in Masindi, Bunyoro-Kitara, and attended St Mary's College Kisubi.

Career From its inception in 1967 until 1973, Kajura served as Secretary of the East African Development Bank. From 1973 until 1978, during the Idi Amin regime, he served as the chairman and managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank, the precursor to Stanbic Bank Uganda.

From 1978 until 1989, Kajura served as the Chairman of Local Council V (LC V), In the cabinet reshuffle of May 2009, and that of 27 May 2011, he retained both his cabinet positions, being promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister in 2013. Kajura was a member of Uganda's Cabinet, continuously from 1989 until 2016.

Kajura served as Member of Parliament for Bugahya County on behalf of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) from 1989 until 2006 (losing in the NRM primary to William Rwembera ) and for Hoima Municipality from 2011 to 2016, when he lost in the NRM primary to Lawrence Bategeka. In the eighth Parliament (2011–16) he served an ex-officio Member of Parliament, on account of his cabinet appointment. In February 2017 Kajura was appointed the Bunyoro Omukama’s advisor on palace affairs by Solomon Gafabusa Iguru.