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==Background and education==
Ssebaana was born in Mpande Village, [[Luweero District]], in [[Central Region, Uganda|Uganda's Central Region]] on 12 September 1934.<ref name="Book">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.
location=Kampala}}</ref> He attended [[Kings College Budo]] and was a graduate of [[Makerere University]]. In 1960, he graduated with a [[Master of Arts]] degree in economics from the [[University of Oregon]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]] in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 July 2017 |first=Joseph |last=Kizza | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1456823/dp-leader-ssebaana-kizito-dies |title=Former DP leader Ssebaana Kizito dies|
accessdate=7 July 2017 |newspaper=[[New Vision]] | location=Kampala}}</ref>
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Kizito'a political career began before Uganda became an independent country. He was a civil servant and politician in several of Uganda's eras of tyranny and political turmoil, including under [[Idi Amin]], [[Milton Obote]], and President [[Yoweri Museveni]]'s [[National Resistance Movement]] government.
In 1960, he served as a national executive officer. Upon returning from the U.S. in October 1962, he became an investment executive at the Uganda Development Corporation, the holding company that managed all government-owned enterprises.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=The Independent (Rwanda) | url=http://ugnew.independent.co.rw/features/features/5866-ssebaana-kizito | title=Ssebaana Kizito | first=Eriasa
After independence, he was a member of the [[East African Legislative Assembly]], an arm of the [[East African Community]], from 1967 until 1977. From 1977 until 1980, he served as the chairman of the [[National Insurance Corporation]]. In 1980, he was elected a member of parliament for the Kampala South Constituency, winning 90 percent of the vote. He was the shadow minister of foreign affairs between 1981 until 1985 and was acting leader of the opposition in 1983.
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