Judith Tukahirwa
Ugandan environmental scientist
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Background and education
She was born in Uganda circa 1970. Tukahirwa attended the Shimoni Primary School in the city centre at that time and Trinity College Nabbingo for her O-Level and A-Level studies. She studied at Makerere University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science Education in biology and chemistry. Later, she obtained a Master of Science in environment and natural resources, also from Makerere. Her doctorate in urban sanitation and solid waste management was obtained from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The subject of her doctoral thesis was about the role of civil society organizations in urban sanitation and solid waste management in cities within East Africa. Later, she received executive training from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Career
In 1998, she started teaching biology and chemistry at St. Mary's College Kisubi. Following her doctoral studies, she worked as a researcher on the Lake Victoria Environment Project in the Uganda Ministry of Lands and Urban Development, sponsored by the World Bank. Her initial involvement with KCCA was when she was hired as a consultant on solid waste management. Later, she was appointed acting director of public health and environment. In December 2012, President Yoweri Museveni appointed her deputy executive director of the KCCA. In October 2016, she resigned from that position.
Other responsibilities
She is married to architect Edmund Tumusiime and together are the parents of four children. Tukahirwa also serves a member of the board of directors of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda's largest water and sanitation utility.