Mary Mugyenyi

Mary Mugyenyi is a Ugandan politician and a representative in the parliament of East African Legislative Assembly.[1] She is the former member of parliament of Nyabushozi County in Kiruhura District. She is a wife to the former Bank Of Uganda executive director Joshua Mugyenyi.[2]

She holds a Masters degree in Education from Dalhousie University, Canada and a Bachelors in Politics and Administration from Makerere University. she is the Vice Chairperson for Uganda Management Institute Council and a lecturer at Makerere University.She is also served as state minister for Agriculture. She is the brain behind the Nshenyi Culture Village,a community based tourism initiative based in Ntungamo District.[2] She is a one of a kind person who believes that money is letting down the development of East African politics.[3]

In 2004, she was accused by the residents of Nyabushozi, for getting involved in land Wrangle matters.[4]

In 2013, she and Makerere Staff honored her late husband and former political lecturer Joshua Beitwa Mugyenyi at Makerere University together with Ephraim Kamuntu.[5]