{{short description|Ugandan politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Simon Ejua | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Uganda]] | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[Makerere University Business School|Uganda College of Commerce]]<br/>{{small|([[Business studies|Diploma in Business Studies]])}}<br/>[[Makerere University]]<br/>{{small|([[Bachelor of Commerce]])}}<br/>[[Uganda Martyrs University]]<br/>{{small|([[Finance|Diploma in Financial Management]])}}<br/>Fintech Business Technology Solutions<br/>{{small|([[Information technology|Certificate in Information Technology]])}} | occupation = Politician | years_active = 1994–present | citizenship = Uganda | known_for = Politics | networth = | title = | spouse = '''{{small|Mrs. Ejua}}''' }}
'''Simon Ejua''' is a [[Uganda]]n politician. He was the state [[minister for transport]] in the [[Cabinet of Uganda|Ugandan Cabinet]] from 1 June 2006 until 27 May 2011.<ref name="Appoint">{{cite web | date=2 June 2006 | first=Henry | last=Mukasa | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695 | title=Cabinet Ministries Allocated | accessdate=9 March 2015 | newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala) | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211112501/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695 | archivedate=11 December 2014 }}</ref> He survived the cabinet reshuffle of 16 February 2009.<ref>{{cite web | newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala) | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/671730 | title=Full Cabinet List As At 18 February 2009 | accessdate=9 March 2015 | date=18 February 2009 | last=Newvision Archive | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213214754/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/671730 | archivedate=13 February 2015 }}</ref> In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he was dropped from the cabinet and was replaced by [[Stephen Chebrot]]<ref name="Dropped">{{cite web | accessdate=9 March 2015 | via=[[Facebook]] | url=https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150208384704078&comments|title=Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers | date=27 May 2011| last=Uganda State House}}</ref> He also served as the elected [[Parliament of Uganda|Member of Parliament]], representing Vurra County, [[Arua District]], from 2006 until 2011. In the 2011 national elections, he lost his parliamentary seat to Sam Agatre Okuonzi, an independent politician, who is the [[incumbent]] MP for that constituency.<ref name="Lost">{{cite web | accessdate=9 March 2015 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/730533 | title=Movement Giants Fall at Party Primaries | date=1 September 2010 | newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala) | last=Newvision Archive | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902055706/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/730533 | archivedate=2 September 2010 }}</ref>
==Background and education== He was born in [[Arua District]] on 3 August 1968. He holds a [[Business studies|Uganda Diploma in Business Studies]], obtained in 1993 from the Uganda College of Commerce, which became the [[Makerere University Business School]] in 1997. In 2000, he obtained a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] in [[accounting]] from [[Makerere University]]. He went on to obtain a postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management from [[Uganda Martyrs University]], in 2003. He also holds a postgraduate [[Information technology|Certificate in Information Technology]], obtained in 2003 from Fintech Business Technology Solutions.
==Work experience== In 1994, Simon Ejua worked as a market inspector in [[Arua District]]. In 1995, he worked for five months as the assistant bursar at St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School in [[Koboko]], [[Koboko District]]. Later in 1995, he was appointed an [[auditor]] in the Office of the [[Auditor General|Auditor General of Uganda]], working in that capacity until 2005. He entered politics in 2006, contesting for the parliamentary seat of Vurra County, Arua District. He was elected on the [[National Resistance Movement]] political party ticket. He was appointed to his present cabinet post in 2006. He lost both his parliamentary seat and his cabinet post on 18 March 2011<ref name="Lost"/> and 27 May 2011,<ref name="Dropped"/> respectively.
==See also== * [[Vurra]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695/Ejua Full Ministerial Cabinet List, June 2006]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/671730/Ejua Full Ministerial Cabinet List, February 2009]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} *[https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150208384704078&comments Full Ministerial Cabinet List, May 2011] *[http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=29549 Simon Ejua's Parliamentary Nomination Under Threat]
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