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Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Kenyan writer (1938–2025)

President of the DR Congo from 2001 to 2019

President of Uganda (1966–1971; 1980–1985)

3rd President of Kenya (1931–2022)

Tanzanian politician and former president (1938-2020)

Ugandan lawyer and politician

Prime Minister of Tanzania (1980–1983, 1994-1995)

Emmanuel Wamala

Ugandan Catholic Bishop | Once Archbishop of Kampala

Ugandan musician, activist, actor and politician

fourth president of Uganda (1912–1985)

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga

Kenyan politician (1911-1994)

Ruhakana Rugunda

10th Prime Minister of Uganda

Ugandan politician

Archbishop of York; Bishop of Birmingham; Bishop of Stepney; Ugandan-born British Anglican bishop (born 1949)

Specioza Kazibwe

Ugandan politician

Ugandian poet, essayist, folklorist, politician

Ugandan academic

Julia Sebutinde

Cleopatra Kambugu Kentaro

Ugandan transgender activist

Rwandan agricultural scientist

Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu

professor, researcher, epidemiologist and psychiatrist

Ugandan politician.

Jessica Rose Epel Alupo

Ugandan politician, soldier, and educator

Monica Arac de Nyeko

Ugandan medical anthropologist, human rights defender, social justice activist, politician, poet and Facebooker

Josephine Nambooze

Ugandan physician, public health specialist, academic and medical researcher

Amelia Kyambadde

Ugandan politician

Ugandan actress, director

Rwandan politician & minister

Aloisea Inyumba

Rwandan politician

Ugandan writer and actress

Ugandan electrical engineer, businesswoman and politician

Maria Mutagamba

Ugandan politician

Ugandan lawyer, accountant and politician

Micere Githae Mugo

Kenyan writer and activist

Ugandan medical doctor, business consultant, educator, and sportswoman

Ugandan economist, businesswoman and politician

Ugandan politician

politician (1931-1990)

Ugandan pediatrician and politician

Paul Ssemogerere

Ugandan politician (1932–2022)

Doreen Baingana

Ugandan politician

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Ugandan-born British journalist and author

Agather Atuhaire

Ugandan lawyer, human rights defender and free lance journalist

Monica Azuba Ntege

Ugandan engineer and politician

Lydia Wanyoto Mutende

Ugandan diplomat

Gabriel Ruhumbika

Writer, translator and academic from Tanzania

Solomy Balungi Bossa

Rosemary Mbabazi

Rwandan politician

Cleopatra Koheirwe

Ugandan actress

Mary Karooro Okurut

Ugandan politician and writer

Rosebell Kagumire

Ugandan feminist, Journalist and Pan-Africanist

Catherine Nakalembe

Ugandan remote sensing scientist and an associate research professor at the University of Maryland

Ugandan politician and educator

Gladys Oyenbot is a Ugandan actress, singer and producer professionally known by her mononym Oyenbot. She is known for playing Dorotia on Mpeke Town (2018), and as Beatrice on the drama series Yat Madit Yat Madit (2016). In 2020 she starred in numerous films including a thriller film The Girl in the Yellow Jumper, in a legal drama film Kafa Coh, Family Tree, and Down Hill. She also had starring roles in a romantic drama series Love Makanika (2015) by Dilman Dila, Reflections (2018) by Nana Kagga and 5 @Home(2017) which aired on Fox Life Africa. Her other notable screen work includes a Haunted

Zambian artist, sculptor, printmaker, and lecturer (1943-1987)