years_active home_town birth_place religion nationality ethnicity title name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
1996 -- present kabale ndorwa , uganda roman catholicism ugandan umukiga state minister of finance for planning cabinet of uganda david bahati 08 june 1973 david bahati
 david bahati accountant and politician makerere -lrb- master of business administration -rrb- association of chartered certified university accountants -lrb- fellow of the association of chartered certified accountant -lrb- -rrb- bachelor of commerce -rrb- cardiff university
david bahati

david bahati -lrb- born 8 june 1973 -rrb- is a ugandan accountant and politician .
he is the current state minister of finance for planning in the cabinet of uganda .
he was appointed to that position in a cabinet reshuffle on 1 march 2015 , replacing matia kasaija , who was appointed finance minister .
he is a member of parliament for the constituency of ndorwa west in the parliament of uganda and is a member of the national resistance movement , the ruling party .
he is chief of the scout board of uganda .
bahati has been called a `` real rising star '' in press coverage of uganda .
