Paul Ssemogerere

Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere (11 February 1932 – 18 November 2022) was a Ugandan politician. He was the Leader of the Opposition of Uganda from 1980 to 1985 and the Leader of the Democratic Party for 25 years. He was a key figure in Ugandan politics until his retirement in 2005.

== Early life and education ==

Ssemogerere was born on 11 February 1932, in the Buganda Region (present-day Kalangala District) of Uganda, to Joseph Bagenda Kapeere, a fisherman, and Maria Lwiza Namwendero, a home maker.. In 1940, Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere began his formal education at St John's Boys Boarding primary school. He later joined St Henry's College Kitovu's primary section before it was abolished. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere then joined Kisubi Boys where he completed his Primary Leaving Certificate in1946. After his primary education, he joined St. Mary's College Kisubi in 1946 for his secondary education.

In 1952, he completed the Cambridge Intermediate Examinations (the equivalent to a Higher School Certificate) and he was admitted to Makerere University's faculty of Education for a Diploma in Education, where he joined the Local Student's Union. At Makerere University in Kampala, he graduated with a Diploma...