James Mutende

James Shinyabulo Mutende was a Ugandan veterinarian, economist, academic and politician. He was the State Minister of Industry in the Ugandan Cabinet fromMay 2011 until his death. He replaced Father Simon Lokodo, who was appointed State Minister for Ethics amp Integrity in the Office of the President. On account of being a cabinet minister, James Mutende was also an ex officio Member of Parliament.

He was born in Mbale, onFebruary 1962. After attending local schools, he was admitted to Busoga College Mwiri, an allboys boarding secondary school near Kakira in Jinja District. He graduated from Mwiri, with the Uganda Certificate of Education in 1980 and with the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education in 1983. In 1984 he was admitted to Makerere University to study veterinary medicine, graduating in 1988 with the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine. In 1999, he was awarded the degree of Master of Business Administration, also by Makerere University. Later, in 2005, he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from New School University in New York City. He died onOctober 2015.

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