David Bahati is the Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, responsible for supervising the implementation of the Industrialization programmes of the country.
Prior to this role, he served as the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning), from 2015 to 2021. During this role, he was responsible for economic development planning of the country.
Currently, he is Member of Parliament (MP) for Ndorwa County West. Since 2006 he has consistently been voted the best performing Member of Parliament and Minister of the Republic of Uganda by the Institute of Strategic Studies.
Throughout his 15 years of Public Service, has been a passionate community leader and advocate with a proven track record of results in the areas of National Planning and Economic Development, Public Sector Financing of SMEs, health, job creation and entrepreneurship.
He holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Cardiff University (UK), Bachelor of Commerce from Makerere University Kampala, is a Fellow of the Certified Chartered Accountants (FCCCA-UK), and a Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accounts of Uganda (ICPAU).