Robert Mwesigwa

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Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari is a Ugandan politician and legislator representing Mbarara North, Mbarara City.[1] He is the Chairman of the East African Procurement News Company Limited, a sister company of AMPROC INC which publishes a monthly Magazine that reviews the Procurement Industry in the East African Region and has been the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Malawi in Uganda.[2] He was also the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Morocco.[3]

Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari
ConstituencyMbarara City North
Personal details
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
Known forMember of Parliament

He also serves as a member of the Central Executive Committee of National Resistance Movement, the ruling party in Uganda.[2]

National Resistance Movement -National Chairman, Entrepreneurship League and Member of the Central Executive Committee National Resistance Movement November 2015 – Present.[4]

Education[]

Makerere University -Bachelor's degree B.A Political Science and French Makerere University -Master's degree in Public Administration Nkumba University[5] -Master's in Security and Strategic Studies. Nkumba University -Diploma Strategic Public Relations. Nkumba University -Diploma in Business Administration and Management.

In 2019, he was appointed a Chamber Leader to serve on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) World Chambers Federation (WCF) General Council from 2020 to 2022 in Paris, France, a world Business Organisation, enabling World Businesses to secure prosperity and opportunity for all people in the world.[6] He was chairman, Board of Africa Strategic Leadership Centre, a collaborative initiative of leaders from public and private sectors, committed to Africa's progress, cultivating growth opportunities and investing in the continent's human capital.[7]

In 2021, Members of Parliament of Uganda on the Statutory Authorities and State Enterprise (COSASE) committee squeezed him to show how he acquired three plots of land that belonged to Uganda Railway Co-operation the URC in Port Bell and Mulago at a total of Shs 357 million in 2009,[8][9][10] which he failed to answer.[11]

He contested with his long time Allie Tusiime Micheal in NRM primary elections whom he had sponsored in the 2016 Elections.[4]

Controversies[]

Recently a family in Isingiro district petitioned the government after losing over ten billion Shillings to Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari, after their own land in Isingiro District was occupied by refugees and when the government compensated them he refused to pay their money which he convinced to pass on to his company bank account.[12]

During the COVID-19 era, he was accused of manufacturing fake face masks that were not approved by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, which he had opened its factory in Mbarara.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Reporter, Pearl Times (2021-12-06). "IN HOT SOUP AGAIN! Museveni's NRM CEC Member Rukaari in Another Shs10bn Land Scandal". The Pearl Times. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  2. ^ a b "#NRMPrimaries: What you need to know about Dr. Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari | Showbizuganda". 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  3. ^ a b pmasajjage (2020-06-11). "Dr. Mwesigwa Rukaari cited in Mbarara 'Fake Mask Production Centre' scandal". Western Uganda's Biggest radio. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  4. ^ a b "NRM boss Rukaari nominated to unseat former protégé, vows to spread wealth creation in Mbarara". PML Daily. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  5. ^ http://nuir.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/bitstream/handle/20.500.12383/556/Robert%20Mwesigwa-SOSS.pdf?sequence=1[dead link]
  6. ^ "Dr. Mwesigwa Rukaari Appointed Chamber Leader At The WCF General Council In France NCE". Shift Media News. 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  7. ^ https://www.news.mak.ac.ug/2018/08/mak-aslc-to-use-research-based-policies-to-enhance-africas-socio-economic-development/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan (2021-12-01). "MP Squeezed By COSASE over Purchase of Uganda Railways Land". Newslex Point. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  9. ^ "MP Rukaari on spot over the Purchase of Nsambya Railway land – Parliament Watch". Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  10. ^ Mulengera. "KAMYA RISKS TO INVESTIGATE TOP NRM CEC MEMBER ACCUSED OF GRABBING RAILWAYS LAND IN K'LA – mulengeranews.com". Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  11. ^ "MP Rukaari fails to defend purchase of railway land | Uganda". www.monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  12. ^ URN. "MP Rukaari accused of swindling Shs 10b in another dubious land deal". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
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