 eriya kategaya (4 july 1945 &ndash; 2 march 2013) was a ugandan lawyer and politician. at the time of his death he was uganda's first deputy prime minister and minister for east african community affairs.kategaya was uganda's minister for the east african community he was also an ex officio member of the ugandan parliament, on account of being a cabinet minister. eriya kategaya died at 7.30pm on march 2, 2013, in nairobi, where he had been hospitalized for a while.http://www.monitor.co.ug/news/national/government-mourns-fallen-minister/-/688334/1709914/-/y44heiz/-/index.html he was one of the many high ranking uganda govt officials to die from a foreign hospital at a time when the local medical facilities in uganda are under funded or neglected http://theweeklyworld.com/as-ugandans-die-government-officials-spend-150-million-a-year-on-health-care-5465/ ==background== he was born on 4 july 1945 in kyamate, ntungamo district, in western uganda.eriya kategaya was born in 1945 eriya kategaya was a longtime associate of president yoweri museveni, starting from their school days in ntare school. they studied together through primary school and then secondary schools, firstly at mbarara high school and later at ntare school from 1961 to 1966. kategaya and museveni also attended the university of dar es salaam at the same time. ==education== kategaya held a bachelor of law (llb), degree from the university of dar-es-salaam. at the time of his graduation the university was part of the university of east africa. ==military and political training== kategaya was part of museveni's front for national salvation (fronasa), a group of ugandan exiles in tanzania who eventually helped topple idi amin in 1979 with the help of the [[tan
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