Uganda’s Vice Presidents Since Independence
By Chris Mwesigye Bishaka
1) William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Nadiope III
October 1963 to April 1966
2) John Babiiha
April 1966 to January 1971
3) VacantJanuary
1971 January to January 1977
4) Mustafa Adrisi
January 1977 to April 1979
Remembered for refusing to vacate office after being sacked by President Idi Amin
5) Paulo Muwanga
December 1980 to July 1985
Remembered for his role in the controversial 1980 election
6) Vacant
July 1985 to January 22, 1991
7) Samson Babi Mululu Kisekka
January 1991 to November 1994
Remembered for swindling funds for Luwero orphans
8) Specioza Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe
November 1994 to May 2003
Remembered for building invisible valley dams worth billions.
9) Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya
May 2003 to May 2011
Remembered for introducing upland rice – a project that was frustrated by the state to ostensibly deny him relevance and popularity
10) Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi
May 2011 to June 2021
Remembered, like the apostle Jude in the New Testament, for his amazing silence
11) Jessica Rose Epel Alupo
Current.
