A leaked cabinet list published by Daily Monitor indicates State House Comptroller Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye is President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s Vice president pick.
Vice President Lucy Nakyobe! See Leaked Cabinet List
If the leaked cabinet list is anything to go by, Lucy Nakyobe could replace Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi as Vice President in the coming days.
That will make her Uganda’s second female vice president under Museveni, and since independence.
The first was Specioza Wandira Kazibwe.
But who exactly is Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye?
LUCY NAKYOBE MBONYE PROFILE
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences (Makerere University)
1995: Post Graduate Diploma (Uganda Management Institute)
1999: Master’s degree in Public Administration and Management (Makerere University)
May 1991: Law for Administrative Officers
December 1991: Data Management short course
June 2009: Leadership and Change management under Uganda-Ontario Partnership.
Attended the Good Governance program
May 2007: Course on Indicators for Policy management- MDGS and Statistical Literacy- May 2007
March 2007: Leadership and team building Course under British Council.
October 2006: Coaching and Mentoring under British Council
May 2003: Basic Cadre Development Course, National leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi
June 2003: Specification Writing
August 2003: Contract Management August 2002: Advance leadership skills for women, Johannesburg
May 2002: Specification, preparation and writing
June 2002: Course on Bid preparation and tender evaluation
Career
1989-1990: Research assistant on the behavioural risk studies among Baganda women under Case Western Reserve University/Makerere University collaborative research project
1990-91: Assistant Secretary of the Environment Protection Department
1991-92: Assistant Secretary, Energy and Natural Resources Department, State House
1993-1994: Assistant Secretary, Tourism and Wild Life, State House
1994-1995: Assistant Secretary, Office of the Vice President
1995-98: Assistant Secretary, State House
Undersecretary, Finance and Administration, Accounts Department, State House
2010: Replaced Richard Muhinda as State House Comptroller. In charge of State House administration
June 2021: Reportedly favorite for vice president job
Spouse: Prof Anthony Mbonye, former Ministry of Health Director General of Health Services
