Edith Sempala

Edith Grace Sempala is a Ugandan civil engineer, civil servant, diplomat and political activist, who has served as Director and Senior Adviser at the World Bank since 2008. She previously served as Uganda's representative to the Nordic countries, the United States, the African Union, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Quotes My job as a diplomat was basically to do public relations for Uganda because then we were only better known for “Amin the dictator”. Guard your attitude because it will determine your altitude. Complaints are normal even in democracies. This doesn't mean you should take up arms. We need to ask ourselves, what country do we want to have, and how do we get there? This is a conversation we must have if we are to break the cycle we are in. We have not had peaceful change of power since independence. The biggest challenge is we inherited a faulty foundation from colonialism. We had the opportunity to build our foundation, but Obote wanted to preserve himself; hence the foundation was not made. External links Category:Living people Category:1953 births Category:Ugandan civil engineers Category:People from Mityana District Category:Peoples' Friendship University of Russia alumni Category:People educated at Gayaza High School Category:Ambassadors of Uganda to the United States Category:Permanent representatives of Uganda to the United Nations Category:Women ambassadors of Uganda