Judith Nabakooba


Judith Nalule Nabakooba, is a Ugandan politician and former policewoman. She is currently the minister for Information and Communication Technology Minister of Information and Communications Technology, in the Cabinet of Uganda. She was appointed to that position on 14 December 2019. Nabakooba concurrently serves as the elected Member of Parliament, representing Mityana District Women's Constituency in the 10th Parliament.

Education

Judith Nabakooba attended Ndejje Secondary School, in Luweero District, for her elementary education and Advanced studies, where she obtained both the Uganda Certificate of Education in 1994, and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education in 1997. She was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university, graduating with a Bachelor of Mass Communication degree in 2002. Later, she was awarded a Masters degree in Human Rights, also from Makerere University.
She also holds a Diploma in Strategic Leadership Management, from  Chartered Management Institute, in the United Kingdom, obtained in 2010. In addition, she holds two other diplomas, one a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and the other a Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation, both awarded by Uganda Management Institute, in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

Career

From 2004 until 2015, Judith Nabakooba served in the Uganda Police Force, where she held various positions, including as the spokesperson for the Police Force, from 2011 until 2015.
Other responsibilities during that period, included as Secretary to Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited, the
savings and credit co-operative society of Uganda Police personnel and their families. She left the UP for active politics in June 2015.
In the 2016 general elections, Nabakooba was elected as Mityana District Woman Representative on the ruling National Resistance Movement political party ticket. During her tenure, she has faced criticism and threats over her position regarding the parliamentary Age-Limit Bill She has also faced criticism over the delayed Kasese Report.
In a cabinet reshuffle on 14 December 2019, Nabakooba was appointed Minister of Information, ICT and Communication, replacing Frank Tumwebaze, who was appointed Minister of Labour, Gender, Youth Services and Social Development.

Other considerations

Woman MP. Currently she chairs the Uganda parliamentary committee on defense and internal affairs and is a member of both the parliamentary business committee and the parliamentary committee on commissions, state authorities and state enterprises. She belongs to the ruling National Resistance Movement.