Uganda's permanent representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organization and other International Organizations in Geneva, Christopher Onyanga Aparr has died.
After his appointment in 2013, Onyanga assumed the role of Coordinator of LDC countries from January 2014 to March 2015.
From the year 2010, Onyanga was High Commissioner/Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other West African States of Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Ghana, and Cameroon, amongst others.
Before that, Onyanga held various positions in the Government of Uganda, namely; Senior Government Valuer in charge of Land and Real Estate appraisal in the Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources; Chief Estates Officer in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in charge of management and protective maintenance of Government properties.
Onyanga also held the position of principal national housing officer in the National Housing and Construction Corporation, carrying out construction and management of housing estates to increase housing stock in the country.