Joyce Mpanga
Ugandan politician and government minister
Joyce Rovincer Mpanga (née Masembe; 22 January 1934 – 18 November 2023) was a Ugandan politician and member of the Lukiiko from 2009. Mpanga was the Minister of Women in Development from 1988 to 1989 and the Minister of State for Primary Education from 1989 to 1992. Outside of the cabinet of Uganda, Mpanga was a Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2001 for Mubende District.
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Quotes
edit- Although there are a number of things today that don’t look like the Makerere I was in. The Makerere that I entered was extremely beautiful. We had beautiful lawns and there were very few but beautiful buildings
- I entered Makerere in 1953 and I graduated in 1958. I first graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts but then I did one other year of postgraduate diploma in education
- Being admitted for the intermediate exam meant that I had passed with a good credit in English
- They went into education for two years and came out with a diploma in education and that too was quite high for anybody at that time
- The intermediate one was the first time I studied with men and of course the men who were discouraging us. All the time they would say that you are a girl and you can’t make it. They would just be surprised to see that you’ve made it
