{{short description|Ugandan politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Kania Obiga | image = Obiga Kania.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|01|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Uganda]] | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * [[Makerere University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Commerce]])}} * [[Eastern and Southern African Management Institute]] {{small|([[Master of Business Administration]])}} }} | occupation = Politician | years_active = 1994–present | citizenship = Uganda | known_for = Politics | networth = | title = [[Parliament of Uganda|Member of Parliament]] for Terego County East, [[Arua District]] and [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uganda)|State Minister for Internal Affairs]] in the [[Cabinet of Uganda|Ugandan Cabinet]] }} '''Kania Mario Obiga''' is a [[Uganda]]n politician. He is the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs|State Minister for Internal Affairs]] in the [[Cabinet of Uganda|Ugandan Cabinet]]. He was appointed to that position of 6 June 2016.<ref name="1R">{{cite web |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |date=6 June 2016 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/3235304/data/1345443/-/3o16hn/-/Museveni%2527s+cabinet.pdf |title=Museveni's new cabinet list At 6 June 2016 |access-date=13 June 2016 |author=Uganda State House |location=Kampala |archive-date=7 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007121926/http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/3235304/data/1345443/-/3o16hn/-/Museveni%27s+cabinet.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He concurrently serves as the elected representative of Terego County East, [[Arua District]], in the [[Parliament of Uganda|10th Parliament of Uganda]] (2016–2021).<ref name="2R">{{cite web|date=2018 | url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=7 | title=Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament: Obiga Mario Kania |publisher=[[Parliament of Uganda]] | author=Parliament of Uganda |access-date=24 March 2019 | location=Kampala}}</ref>
==Background and education== He was born on 1 January 1953. He attended Odupi Primary School, where he obtained a Primary Leaving Certificate in 1966. He transferred to [[St. Aloysius College Nyapea]], in present-day [[Zombo District]], graduating in 1970 with an East African Certificate of Education.<ref name="2R" />
He was admitted to [[St. Mary's College Kisubi]], in [[Wakiso District]], where he graduated with an [[High School Diploma|East African Advanced Certificate of Education]] in 1972. He then entered [[Makerere University]], Uganda's oldest and largest [[public university]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree in 1976. Later, in 2005 he was awarded a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree, by the [[Eastern and Southern African Management Institute]]. In addition, he s an Associate of the [[Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators]] (ICSA).<ref name="2R" />
==Career== Between 1994 and 1995, Kania Obiga was a delegate to the [[Constituent assembly|Constituent Assembly]] that promulgated Uganda's 1995 constitution. He was then elected to the [[Parliament of Uganda]], serving in that capacity between 1996 and 2001. Between 2001 and 2015, he served as the Director of Research at the Secretariat of the [[National Resistance Movement]] political party. He was also a member of the Uganda Immigration Board from 2007 until 2011. In 2016, he elected to represent Terego County East, [[Arua District]], on the [[National Resistance Movement]] ticket.<ref name="2R" />
In June 2016, he was named State Minister of Internal Affairs, in Uganda's Cabinet.<ref name="3R">{{cite web|date=7 June 2016 | url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/Museveni-expands-Cabinet--appoints-wife-to-Education-ministry/4552908-3236160-50s1f7z/index.html |title=Museveni Names Cabinet, Appoints Wife to Education Ministry |newspaper=[[The East African]] | access-date=23 March 2019 |first=Dicta |last=Asiimwe | location=Nairobi}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Alex Onzima]] * [[Simon D'Ujanga]]
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==External links== *[https://www.parliament.go.ug/ Website of the Parliament of Uganda] *[https://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Nalufenya-Guantanamo-Bay-minister-Obiga-Kania/689844-3944352-15sb4mv/index.html Political orientation of police is hurting our security - Kivumbi] As of 29 May 2017.
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