Beyond being Amama Mbabazi’s daughter, who is Rachel Ciconco Mbabazi?

Cabinet, sitting in their Monday, 4^th November meeting at Statehouse Entebbe, approved the appointment of four members to the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) board of directors.

The four are: Rachel Ciconco Mbabazi (chairperson), Ms. Onyiru Sarah, Mr. Runge George Muzungyo and Col. (Rtd.) Stephen Mwesigye Basaliza.

Some of NWSC’s directors whose terms variously expired in the recent past and are to be replaced by the new appointees, include: Dr. Cecilia Atim Oyet, Mr. Dennis Mwebaze Nduhura, Ms. Ziria Aliza Ndifuna and Mr. Henry Kibirige.

But who is Rachel Ciconco Mbabazi?

Rachel is the first born of John Patrick Amama Mbabazi and Jacqueline Mbabazi of Kanungu District. Born on 29th March, 1974 in Kampala. The former is a Prime Minister Emeritus of Uganda.

She is married with a daughter and two sons. Rachel is a graduate of Business

Administration (Finance), from Strayer University in Washington, DC, USA and has over 20 years of work experience.

She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Administration at Uganda Management Institute (UMI). She attended Makerere High School for A’ Level and

Gayaza High School for O’ Level.

According to her resume, sent to CEO EA Magazine, Rachel has served in various management positions in Uganda and currently serves on several boards in the fields of water and sanitation, commercial farming, a farmer’s association and a charitable organisation.

She says her key expertise lies in high-volume trade negotiations, lobbying; strategic planning for large scale capital investment, planning and execution of turn-key projects, management and team leadership as well as public policy formulation and advocacy.

She is the current Board Chair of the Rice Association of Uganda- and entity that represents rice farmers in Uganda to promote and safeguard the domestic rice sector in Uganda. She is also the Country Representative – East African Community Rice Platform from July 2019 to date.

She also sits on the board of the Uganda North American Youth Development Association as well as the board of Africa Infrastructure Development Company Ltd, a Hong Kong company.

She is a director in Quantum Mining Company Limited and a Managing Partner (Finance & Administration) for Tilo Monitoring Systems Limited.

She has previously worked as a Managing Partner (Finance & Administration) for 3D Tracking (Uganda) Limited from 2008 –May 2010 and as General Manager for Achelis (Uganda) Limited- an equipment leasing and renting company, from 2004 – 2008.

Between 2002 and 2004 she worked as Business Development Manager for Roko Technical Services, a construction company and before that, she was a Marketing Coordinator for Schirmer Engineering Corporation (later AON Fire Engineering Group) in Washington, DC, U.S.A from 1998 – 2002.