Amos Mubunga Kambere
Amos Mubunga Kambere | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parliament of Uganda | |
| In office 1980–1985 | |
| Constituency | Kasese South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 (age 71–72) Kyarumba, Kasese District, Uganda |
| Citizenship | Ugandan–Canadian |
| Party | Uganda People's Congress |
| Spouse | Edith Kambere |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Kyambogo University College |
| Occupation | Author, educationist, politician |
Known for | Youngest Member of Parliament of Uganda |
Amos Mubunga Kambere (born 1954) is a Ugandan–Canadian author, educationist, and former lawmaker in the Parliament of Uganda. In 1980, Amos Mubunga Kambere became the youngest Member of Parliament of Uganda at the age of twenty-six representing Kasese South.[1]
He is an author and has written a book titled Celebrating Literacy in the Rwenzori Region: Lest We Forget: A Biographical Narrative of Uganda's Youngest Member of Parliament, 1980–1985. The book has a second edition on Amazon.[2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Born in 1954 in Kyarumba, Kasese District in western Uganda, Amos Mubunga Kambere grew up on the slopes of the Rwenzori. He attended Kyarumba Primary School before joining high school in Uganda's capital, Kampala. He later studied Economics and Education at Kyambogo University College.[5]
In 1978, Amos traveled to Kabale, a district in the South Western part of Uganda where he taught at Kigezi High School as head of the commerce department. He also doubled as captain of a local football team called Kabale Town Council (KTC).
Politics
[edit]After a brief stint as a teacher in Kabale, Amos returned to Kasese district where he found himself into the political limelight having been nominated to represent Kasese South constituency under the Uganda Peoples Congress party as the flag bearer. At the time, Amos Mubunga had joined the Uganda Peoples Congress political party headed by Milton Obote while at Kigezi Highschool.[6]
Amos Mubunga Kambere was elected in the 1980 Ugandan general election, making him the youngest member of parliament in the third National Assembly of Uganda.[1][6]
Books
[edit]Kambere has authored a number of books that include; Celebrating Literacy in the Rwenzori Region: Lest We Forget: A Biographical Narrative of Uganda's Youngest Member of Parliament, 1980–1985, in which he chronicles a step-by-step journey that led him to become Uganda's youngest member of parliament.[7][8] In the book, published in 2011, he also tells the story of the Rwenzori region of Uganda and Bakonzo's struggle for recognition.
Personal life
[edit]Kambere is married to Edith Kambere and together they have four sons. They live in Canada where he continues to support immigrants and refugee families through Umoja Operation Compassion Society. In Canada, Amos Mubunga studied administration and human resources at British Columbia Institute of Technology.[9][10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "What NRM can do to regain Kasese". Monitor. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ "Enable JavaScript to use search". www.google.com. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ "Bwambale helped found Rwenzururu Kingdom". Monitor. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ Noble, Barnes &. "Celebrating Literacy in the Rwenzori Region (Second Edition): Lest We Forget: a Biographical Narrative of Uganda'S Youngest Member of Parliament, 1980-1985". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ Kambere, Mubunga Kambere Amos Mubunga; Kambere, Amos Mubunga (2010). Celebrating Literacy in the Rwenzori Region: Lest We Forget: A Biographical Narrative of Uganda's Youngest Member of Parliament, 1980-1985. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4269-3097-3.
- 1 2 "Unopposed: Kasese's 1980 elections story". Monitor. 1 November 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ Kambe, Amos Mubunga (24 February 2020). Celebrating Literacy in the Rwenzori Region (Second Edition): Lest We Forget: a Biographical Narrative of Uganda'S Youngest Member of Parliament, 1980. GoToPublish. ISBN 978-1-64749-060-7.
- ↑ "Amos Mubunga Kambere: books, biography, latest update". Amazon.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ "Amos Kambere". Bhayana Family Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ "Surrey braces for influx of Syrian refugees". cbc.ca.
- ↑ "Scholarship program launched for immigrant youth in Surrey – Surrey Now-Leader". surreynowleader.com. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
