Herbert Kabafunzaki
State Minister for Labor, Employment and Industrial Relations
Cabinet of Uganda
Personal details
Born
Herbert Kabafunzaki

(1975-12-09) 9 December 1975
Uganda
CitizenshipUganda
SpouseMrs. Kabafunzaki
Residence(s)Kampala, Uganda
OccupationPolitician
Known forPolitics

Herbert Kabafunzaki is a Ugandan businessman and politician, who has served as State Minister for Labor, Employment and Industrial Relations since June 2016.[1] He was sworn in with the rest of the cabinet on 22 June 2016.[2]

Kabafunzaki is the elected Member of Parliament for Rubanda County, in Kabale District and a member of Uganda's ruling party, the National Resistance Movement.[3]

Early life and education

He was born in Rwamucucu sub-county, in Rukiga County, in Rukiga District, in the Western Region of Uganda.[4]

Political career

Prior to his election to the parliament in 2016, he served on Wakiso District Local Council as the elected representative for Makindye A Zone (today known as Ssabagabo), from 2011 until 2016 and was later arrested for collecting a bribe of five million Uganda shillings from ceo of aya group Uganda .[4]

Other considerations

Kabafunzaki is reported to have served as the chief executive officer of Berteeen Business Systems, a Ugandan enterprise.[5] He has also served in the past as a national delegate of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations, the ruling soccer body in the country.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Uganda State House (6 June 2016). "Museveni's new cabinet list At 6 June 2016" (PDF). Daily Monitor. Kampala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Edward Ssekika, and Sulaiman Kakaire (22 June 2016). "Cabinet: Museveni admits patronage played part in selection". The Observer (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Odyek, John (20 February 2016). "FDC big guns frog marched out of Parliament". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 Muhereza, Robert (28 April 2014). "Wakiso councillor thrown out of Kabale NRM meeting". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Jaramogi, Patrick (4 April 2012). "Uganda to export fresh matooke to US". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Katende, Norman (27 May 2013). "Bazirengedde floored in FUFA polls". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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