Nabbanja Robinah

Robinah Nabbanja (born 17 December 1969) is a Ugandan educator and politician. She is the first female and current Prime Minister of Uganda. She was formally confirmed by the Parliament on 21 June 2021 replacing Ruhakana Rugunda, who was then appointed to the post of Envoy for Special Duties In The Office Of The President of Uganda. She was born to the late John Kayiira who was both a farmer and a tailor and Ms. Nzeremeri Nakato.

Previously, she served as State Minister of Health for General Duties in the Ugandan cabinet, between 14 December 2019 and 3 May 2021.

She concurrently serves as the elected Member of Parliament for Kakumiro District Women Representative in the 12th Parliament (2026–2031), a role she also carried in the 10th Parliament (2016–2021).

Early life and education Nabbanja was born on 17 December 1969 in the present-day Kakumiro District, as the seventh of eleven children. She attended Nkooko Primary School. She then studied at St. Edward's Secondary School, Bukuumi, for both her O-Level and A-Level studies, obtaining both the Uganda Certificate of Education and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from there.

Career

From 1993 until 1996, Nabbanja was a school teacher at Uganda Martyrs Secondary School Kakumiro. She then served as District Councillor, representing Nkooko Sub-County, in what was Kibaale District at the time, from 1998 until 2001. She concurrently served as the Secretary for Health, Gender and Community Services for the district during that period. Following parliamentary approval, she was sworn into office on 13 January 2020.

In the new cabinet named on 8 June 2021, Nabbanja was named Prime Minister of the 82-member fishermen cabinet (2021 to 2026).

Controversy In December 2021, during the by-election of LC5 in Kayunga, Robinah Nabbanja went to campaign for 5 days and was accused of giving out UGX:4,000 bribes to vote the NRM candidate Andrew Muwonge.