DR Abel JJ Rwendeire is Dead
He has been the Deputy Chairperson of
NPA and he holds a Ph.D. in Biochemisrty obtained in 1985 from the University
of Canterbury in New Zeland. He joined NPA in July 2008 following his
four year tenure as a Managing Director ( 2002- 2006) at the United
Nations Industrial Development Organisation, (UNIDO), in Vienna,
Austria. He was responsible for the formulation, implementation and
evaluation of innovative programmatic initiatives in Industrial
Promotion and Technology; Agro-Industries; Small and Medium Enterprises;
Energy and Cleaner Production as well as providing strategic advice to
the Director General of UNIDO on all aspects of technical cooperation
services in Industrial, Technological and Economic issues for
sustainable industrial development.
Prior to joining UNIDO, Dr Rwendeire was a Member of Parliament
representing the people of Rubanda County East constituency in Kabale
District from 1996 to 2002. During this time Dr Rwendeire served as a
Minister of State (1996-1998 and 200-2001) for Tourism, Trade and
Industry; Minister of State (1998-2000) for Higher Education in the
Ministry of Education and Sports, laying the foundation, inter alia,
for the establishment of Uganda Vocational Qualifications Framework
with a view to integrating the informal sector into the main stream
formal educational processes.
Before joining Politics, Dr Rwendeire had contributed significantly to the development and management of technical and vocational education when he was the Principal of Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo (1992-1996) in the Ministry of Education and Sports. He forged mutually supportive partnerships with private sector players by promoting linkages between industry and the Polytechnic. He was the Chairman of the Joint Admission Board (JAB) that was responsible for the national admissions to all the tertiary institutions.
Dr Rwendeire brings to NPA a diverse blend of academic, political, technical and managerial skills coupled with Strategic thinking and analytical/conceptual skills as well as Innovative team-building skills needed to achieve optimal results in development planning process in Uganda.
He was appointed on the committee which was supposed to take investigations about Makerere University by President Museveni.
Before joining Politics, Dr Rwendeire had contributed significantly to the development and management of technical and vocational education when he was the Principal of Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo (1992-1996) in the Ministry of Education and Sports. He forged mutually supportive partnerships with private sector players by promoting linkages between industry and the Polytechnic. He was the Chairman of the Joint Admission Board (JAB) that was responsible for the national admissions to all the tertiary institutions.
Dr Rwendeire brings to NPA a diverse blend of academic, political, technical and managerial skills coupled with Strategic thinking and analytical/conceptual skills as well as Innovative team-building skills needed to achieve optimal results in development planning process in Uganda.
He was appointed on the committee which was supposed to take investigations about Makerere University by President Museveni.
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