Violet Kajubiri

Dr. Violet Kajubiri Froelich is a Ugandan legislator and sister of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and Gen. Salim Saleh.

Background and education

Her exact date of birth is not really known but the year is known as in his book, Sowing the Mustard Seed, President Yoweri Museveni says Kajubiri was born in 1949. In the seventies, she attained a bachelor's degree and a concurrent diploma in Education majoring in biology and chemistry from Makerere University.She worked at Makerere University as a special assistant in the department of zoology and it was during that time that she got a scholarship from Germany where she went to Hohenheim University for her master's and PhD in zoology.

Career

served as the General Secretary of the Wildlife Clubs of Uganda. She was appointed to be a member of the Education Service Commission in 2010. Between 2008 and 2009, Kajubiri worked as a consultant for the state of Lower Saxony on Education and Development. In 2001 to 2004, Kajubiri was also a consultant for Protestant Development Aid in Germany.

Personal life

In her book, My Life's Journey, Janet Museveni, says Kajubiri is married to German national Hilmar Froelich and the couple has four children.