President Museveni Reappoints Dr. Aminah Zawedde as PS For The Ministry of ICT & National Guidance

By Gad Masereka

Dr. Aminah Zawadde assumed the position of the Ps. Ministry of ICT and National Guidance on July 15th, 2021 replacing Hon. Vincent Waiswa Bagiire who had been the permanent secretary for the ministry since November 2016.

Dr. Aminah Zawedde is among the seven (7) reappointed as permanent secretaries for their respective ministries by President Yoweri Museveni for another three years. The reappointment was confirmed by the Head of Public Service, Lucy Nakyobe, saying that the President indeed had renewed the contracts of the permanent secretaries, Dr. Aminah Zawedde inclusive.

The appointees are Ramathan Ggoobi (Finance), Adolf Mwesige (Clerk to Parliament), Dr. Aminah Zawedde (ICT), Lt. Gen. Joseph Musanyufu (Internal Affairs), Pauline Irene Batebe (Energy), Pius Bigirimana (Judiciary), and Maj. Gen. David Kasura Kyomukama (Agriculture).

“The President reappointed them and I have since written to all of them confirming their new appointments,” said Nakyobe.

Dr. Zawadde assumed the position on July 15th, 2021 in a reshuffle by the President that sent at least seven permanent secretaries into retirement noting that the retirees have been retired in the Public Interest. Dr. Zawadde succeeded Hon. Vincent Waiswa Bagiire who had been the permanent secretary for the ministry since November 2016.

We are waiting for a comment from the minister.

In her tenure, Dr. Zawedde has provided strategic and technical guidance on how various sectors can leverage innovation and digital technologies to solve their problems within academia, government, and the private sector. To this end, she has played a big role in strengthening the linkages between academia and industry and developing policies, strategies, and programme documents for funding partners that align IT with the government’s development agenda.

Dr. Zawedde holds a Ph.D. from the Eindhoven University of Technology, a PGDip in Educational Technologies from the University of Cape Town, a PGD in Education from IUIU, an MSc. Computer Science and a BSc. in Statistics and Economics from Makerere University.

She has experience as an IT consultant on both local and international projects. Her expertise includes ICT advisory, re-engineering, systems integration, e-governance, information security, business transformation, digitization, research, modeling for decision support, process improvement, system integration, and capacity building, to mention a few.