James Baba

Life James Boliba Baba James Boliba Baba is a Ugandan politician and former diplomat. He served as the State Minister for Internal Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Matia Kasaija, who was appointed State Minister of Finance for Planning. Prior to that, he served as the State Minister in the Office of the Vice President, from 2006 until 2011. On account of his cabinet ministerial position, he is also an ex-officio Member of Parliament (MP). In 2021 he was elected to parliament as a member of parliament for Koboko. in the parliament of Uganda, he served on the Committee on East African Community Affairs.

In the 2026 general elections, he did not contest for his MP position for Koboko County after he stepped down from active politics and was subsequently dropped from the cabinet of ministers for the ruling term 2026-203. Boliba was succeeded by Emmanuel Natal Banya of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), who was elected to the seat unopposed.

Early life and education James Baba was born in Koboko District on 10 May 1945. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts in history, from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest public university. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in international relations, obtained in 1975 from the University of Nairobi. His Master of Arts degree in public administration was awarded in 1993 from St. John's University in Queens, New York City. serving as the MP until 2011.