Semakula Kiwanuka

Matia Semakula Mulumba Kiwanuka (born 16 September 1939, in Mityana) is a Ugandan historian, diplomat, writer and researcher.

He was named Uganda's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1996 and in 2000, he was the chairman of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) at the United Nations

He also served as the 34th president of the Uganda Society between 1967 and 1968.

Background and education Hailing from Mityana, Semakula Kiwanuka attended Namilyango College between 1951 and 1955. Under the relationship between Makerere University and the University of London, he received a Bachelor of Arts in history, and in 1965, a doctorate in history from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. In 1979, he completed a post-graduate diploma in development economics at Balliol College, Oxford.

Diplomat In 1996, he was appointed Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations. Semakula Kiwanuka then served as Uganda's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates based in Abu Dhabi between 2009 and 2013

Publications

A History of Buganda from the Foundation of the Kingdom to 1900 Amin and the Tragedy of Uganda Colonial Policies and Administrations in Africa: The Myths of the Contrasts (1993)