Yowabu Magada Kawaluuko
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Yowabu Magada Kawaluuko | |
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| Chairman of Uganda People's Congress | |
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| Born | 7 January 1930 Nabirumba, Kamuli, Uganda |
| Died | 29 July 2016 (aged 86) Kampala, Uganda |
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| Children | 20, including Moses |
| Education | Bishop Willis Teacher Training College |
Yowabu (Joab) Magada Kawaluuko (7 January 1930 – 29 July 2016), was a Ugandan educator and politician. He served as the Chairman of Uganda People's Congress in charge of Greater Kamuli District, in the first and second Uganda People's Congress (UPC) governments of The Republic of Uganda. He was a founder member of the Uganda National Congress, which eventually became The UPC, under Apollo Obote. He also served on the National Executive Committee in between 1980 and 1985. He was a practicing Anglican Christian.
Yowabu Magada Kawaluuko, nicknamed "Commander," was born on 7 January 1930 to Enos Muwalu Kizige, a farmer, and Amina Kawala Namusubo Tibagonzeka, a housewife, in Nabirumba village, Kamuli District, Uganda. Kawaluuko attended Nabirumba Church Of Uganda Primary School, after which he went to Balawoli, Kaliro, and then to Namulikya where he sat his Primary Leaving Examinations.
He went on to attend Bishop Willis Teacher Training College and later to Kaliro where he trained as vernacular teacher in 1951. Upon qualifying, Kawaluuko taught in Kagulu, became Deputy Head teacher in Kigingi and Head teacher in Nsale, Irundu, Bugaya, Buyende and Nabirumba, he rose from a grade 3 teacher, to deputy and then head teacher, in quick succession before his retirement in 1993 at the age of 63.
Personal life
Kawaluuko was married twice, first in 1956 to Ruth Mercy Tabingwa Kawaluuko (14 July 1937 – 9 May 1979 her death) and later to Monica Mukoda Kawaluuko (M;1980–2016).