George William Nyombi Thembo, the new UCC ED
George William Nyombi Thembo has been appointed the substantive Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC).
The revelation has been made by Eng. Irene Kaggwa, who has been serving the Ag. Executive Director at UCC for the last three years.
“I wish to update you that Hon. George William Nyombi Thembo has been appointed as the substantive Executive Director of @UCC_Official. Join me in congratulating him on his appointment. On my part it has been an honour to serve UCC, the sector, my country & the global industry,” Kaggwa twitted on her X official handle.
It should be noted that Kaggwa replaced Godfrey Mutabazi who quit in 2020 after serving the Communications body for 10 years.
Prior to his appointment as UCC Executive Dorector, Nyombi Thembo has been the Director for the Rural Development Fund (RCDF) at UCC.
He assumed that office in January 2017. Nyombi Thembo has also been the Ag. Director Industry Affairs and Content Development.
Nyombi holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Makerere University and a Master of Science in Development Economics from Uganda Martyrs University (UMU). He also holds a diploma in project planning and management (Bradford University, UK) and a post-graduate diploma in financial management (UMU).
Nyombi was born on July 31, 1964 in Kassanda, Singo County, in present-day Mubende District. Married with children, Hon. Nyombi is a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement party.
Among others, Nyombi worked as an analyst, planning officer and senior planning officer for the then Uganda Railways Corporation during the 1990s and as a Project Manager for Transport Rehabilitation Project (Railway Component), at Kampala City Council (1995-2001), when he joined politics.
Nyombi was elected to the Ugandan Parliament in 2001, representing his home constituency of Kassanda County South in Mubende District for over a decade (2001-2015).
He has also held a number of posts in the Ugandan Cabinet: State Minister for primary education in the Ministry of Education and Sports (2001-2009), State Minister for Luweero Triangle in the Office of the Prime Minister (2009-2011) and then as State Minister for Information and Communications Technology (2011-15).
