Henry Muganwa Kajura

One of the earliest local administration leaders in 1959, he went to Makerere college then, later university of London and university of Wisconsin in the US. He served from 1967 as secretary of the of the East African Development (EADB) and later in 1973, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB), precursor to the current Stanbic Bank, till 1978. He was the one of the early district Chairmen of Hoima and joined Government as minister for trade and industry in 1989, later as minister for water, lands and environment and eventually public service, retiring as third Deputy Prime Minister. He was very influential in establishing the roots of the NRM in Bunyoro region in the early years and brought one of the religious faiths to an early NRM that had sought to distance itself from all association with religion. He lives in Kitoba, near Hoima and turns 89, this year. His name is Mzee Henry Muganwa Kajura.