Mayanja Kyompitira Sebalu
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Mayanja Kyompitira Sebalu (born 1931 at Nagalama, Kyagwe North East, Mukono District) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. In 1961, Sebalu served under Benedicto Kiwanuka as the first finance minister of the country.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was educated at Namilyango College, then went on to study in India at Punjab University, Calcutta University, and Delhi University, where he acquired degrees in economics (1956) and law (1958).[1]
When Sebalu returned to Uganda, he and Benedicto Kiwanuka started a law firm. The two worked together and later Kiwanuka became the Democratic Party president.[1]
As a lawyer, Sebalu stood for the 1961 Ugandan general election where he was elected to represent Kyaggwe North East in the Parliament of Uganda under the Democratic Party. With a large majority in parliament, Kiwanuka as Democratic Party's] leader had to form a government and Sebalu was named Minister of Economic Development. The Democratic Party attained 44 seats of the available 82.[1]
As he progressed with his ministerial duties, after less than a year Sebalu took over from Christopher George Melmoth as Minister of Finance making him the first Finance Minister of Uganda.[2] After being defeated in the hotly contested 1962 Ugandan general election, Sebalu lost his seat in cabinet and his private legal practice after Independence.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Ngonians On The Road to Independence". Blog 1902. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2023-07-03.[self-published source?]
- ^ "Uganda's finance ministers since independence". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-07-03.[dead link]