Vice President Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya of Uganda
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans.
positions outside of his institutions as well.
Gilbert Bukenya was born in the village of Lwantama in Kakiri, north of Kampala.
Balibaseka Bukenya is accompanied by a delegation that includes the Ugandan Minister for Information Technologies Alintuma Nsambu and other government officials.
Havana, September 6 (acn) According to Granma news daily, Balibaseka Bukenya is accompanied by a delegation that includes the Ugandan Minister for Information Technologies Alintuma Nsambu and other government officials.
Bukenya received a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Makerere University Medical School, Uganda; a Diploma in Public Health from the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, London; a Master of Science in Community Health from the Ross Institute at the University of London; and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Health from the University of Queensland.
For several minutes, Prof Bukenya was bent and only lifted his head when flipping the document he was buried in.
Gilbert Bukenya has called for a global effort to raise funds for the renovation of Namugongo martyrs shrine, the home of Africas largest group of Catholic martyrs.
postgraduate Diploma in Public Health a year later.
moreVP directs On Park Animals,2007-08-08The Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya has directed the Uganda Wildlife Authority to quickly contain the wild animals which are going about the villages of Amuru and destroying crops of people living in the Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camps.
moreVP Bukenya Directs West Nile leaders On PFA,2007-08-08The Vice President Prof Gilbert Bukenya has said that the West Nile Region can rid itself of low value crops that propagate poverty and engage in high income yielding crops and improve the social economic welfare of their community.
Gilbert Bukenya has said Uganda is eager to learn from Chinas rapid industrial development and called for more investors in the textile and fruit processing sectors.
Bukenya said industrialisation in Uganda will ensure value addition to Ugandas locally grown products and promote their market value.
Bukenya was meeting a Chinese delegation comprised of various businessmen and women led by the Vice Governor of the Hunam Province in China, Mr.
Gilbert Bukenya has said that all Ugandans irrespective of their political differences will profit from the Prosperity for All programme being spearheaded by the NRM government.
moreDont Borrow Money For Marriage, Booze VP2007-05-16The Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya has advised residents of Arua town to avoid using loans from micro-finance institutions for marriage, discos, booze and other luxuries.
Professor Bukenya was today addressing residents of Ayivu in Arua district including members of the Ayivu Farmers Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited at their offices in Arua town.
moreVP, Dutch Minister Discuss Peace, Development2007-05-05The Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya has said the main challenge facing the people returning home from the camps in Northern Uganda is psychological rebuilding and access to sustainable economic resettlement programmes, adding that he was hopeful that the resumed peace negotiations in Juba will be fruitful.
Gilbert Bukenya has assured Ugandans that all oil revenue accruing from the discovered deposits in the western part of the country will benefit all Ugandans equally.
Gilbert Bukenya has urged Catholics to be united in their faith and to love and forgive each other in the true spirit of evangelism.
moreMayors Urged On CHOGM2006-12-04The Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya has urged mayors and LC5 councillors to take political responsible for beautifying key areas in the city and surrounding areas in preparation for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala next year.
moreCabinet CHOGM sub-committee impressed with preparations2006-11-30The cabinet sub-committee on CHOGM chaired by the Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya has been impressed with construction work ahead of the meeting next year.
moreVP wants low cost houses for teachers2006-11-24The Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya has called on the Ministry of Education to construct low cost houses for teachers if they are to solve the problem of teachers accommodation in the country.
moreVP resolves Luwero political conflict, calls for unity in development2006-11-07The Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya has today peacefully settled the stormy conflict between the Minister of State for Youth Major James William Kinobe and former Luwero LC5 chairman Haji Abdul Naduli that was threatening to tear Luwero district apart and has been a great set back to development.
moreModern Agriculture innovations2006-10-28The Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya has said Agriculture innovations, if properly applied are key to national development and can be a vital tool in the fight against poverty.
Bukenya is currently in Turkey to attend Turkey-Africa Foreign Trade Bridge meeting.
Gilbert Bukenya has served as vice president of the Republic of Uganda since May 2003.
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Bukenya joined the prestigious Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene in London , 1981, and was awarded a postgraduate Diploma in Public Health a year later.
Bukenya has been unmistakable over the years.
Bukenya was Vice-Chairman of the Network of7 African Postgraduate Public Health Training Schools in the WHO-Afro Region, and Chairman from 1994 to 1996.
Bukenya was on May 23 appointed Vice President.
Bukenya is married with three children.