Opinion-"Other Ministry PS's Should Get Lectures From Dr. Amina Zawedde PS Ministry Of ICT, No Corruption Scandal, No Dubious Deals Record"- Musamali Arnold

 

Musamali Arnold: In my opinion as a senior investigative journalist, I would refer all ministry permanent secretaries to Dr. Amina Zawedde for the lecture. 

It is so disturbing seeing almost 99% of our ministry permanent ministries being accused or even being convicted for either corruption or involving themselves in dubious deals.
I speak without fear, the Ministry of ICT has one of the most intelligent, trustworthy PS, I've tried to investigate the ministry in terms of corruption, but honestly, the woman is clean.

It is on record that a good number of permanent secretaries of a good number of ministries have either been summoned by IGG or Parliament, this is not the case at the Ministry of ICT in the hands of Zawedde. 

I think she should be recognized and be awarded a model as an appreciation for her loyalty. 

But who is Amina Zawedde:

Aminah Zawedde, is a Ugandan computer scientist. academic and public administrator, who the current permanent secretary of the Uganda Ministry of ICT and National Guidance since 15 July 2021. 

Before that Zawedde was a lecturer and researcher in the School of Computing & Informatics Technology at Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda.

Aminah Zawedde was born
In 1978, age 45–46.

Education background:

She was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda in the 1970s.

After attending local primary and secondary schools, she was admitted to Makerere University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Economics in 2001. She followed that with a Master of Science degree in Information Systems, also from Makerere University.

She also studied at the University of Cape Town, graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Technology, in 2014. 

Her third degree was a Doctor of Philosophy in Software Engineering, obtained from the Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Netherlands, in 2016

Zawedde has been a lecturer and a researcher at the School of Computing at Informatics at Makerere for over 15 years. 

For the first five years, she was an assistant lecturer. Starting January 2011, until July 2021 she was a tenured lecturer, who supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students at the school.

Her Career:

Currently, the Permanent Secretary at the Uganda Ministry of Information and Communication Technology

During that period, she worked and volunteered in various academic and non-academic positions, including as a Data Officer at the Electoral Commission of Uganda, as an IT Intern at the Uganda Revenue Authority, as an IT Consultant at the Infectious Diseases Institute, and as a visiting lecturer at KCA University in Nairobi, Kenya.

On 15 July 2021, President Yoweri Museveni made wide-reaching changes affecting several cabinet ministries, including the retirement of seven permanent secretaries. As part of those changes, Zawedde was appointed PS of the ICT ministry, replacing Vincent Waiswa Bagiire who was relocated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zawedde has authored or co-written several peer-reviewed articles, in the areas of her expertise and has presented some of them at international, regional, and national conferences.[5]
She serves as a non-executive director of DFCU Group, the parent company of DFCU Bank Intelligence Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U).