Ephraim Kamuntu

Ephraim Kamuntu is a Ugandan management scientist and politician. He is the current Minister of Water and Environment in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 15 August 2012. He is also an Ex-Officio of the Ugandan Parliament, on account of his Cabinet position.

Background and education

He was born in Sheema District on 26 September 1945. Kamuntu attended Ntare School for both his O-Level (1962 - 1965) and his A-Level (1966 - 1967) education. He studied at Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university, graduating in 1971 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Political Science and History. Later, in 1973, he obtained the degree of Master of Science in Systems Analysis, from the University of Rochester, in New York State. He also holds a Master of Arts in Management Science & Business Administration, from the University of Massachusetts.

Work experience

He was a lecturer in Makerere University's Faculty of Commerce before it was shifted to the current Makerere University Business School in Nakawa. From 1992 until 1995, Ephraim Kamuntu served as the Chairman and Managing Director of Nile Bank Limited, a private commercial bank in Uganda, that was purchased and taken over by Barclays Bank, in 2007. Between 1995 and 1997, he worked as a private Consultant. From 1997 until 2001, he served as the National Coordinator, for the Private Sector Development Program of the Ugandan Government. He entered politics in 2001, contesting for the parliamentary seat of Sheema County South, Bushenyi District. He was elected and was re-elected in 2006.