Kaberuka was born on 28 August 1956 in
Bunyoro, Western Uganda. She went to
Kyebambe Girls Secondary School but was delayed for a year in completing high school by difficulties relating to her
Rwandan heritage. She eventually went to
Gayaza High School. Kaberuka married at the age of nineteen, a decision "not made by herself", and then studied for her science degree at
Makerere University. Her studies had to fit around babies and motherhood. After graduating with a
Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and zoology in 1979, she went to Australia with her husband and was awarded a
Bachelor of Education degree in 1982 at
La Trobe University. She did some science teaching and started a postgraduate degree at the
University of New England. After the change of government in Uganda in 1986, she and her husband returned with their four young children in January 1987. He had been offered a job and she saw him as "head of the family", so did not press to finish her course before leaving Australia. Within a few weeks, Kaberuka was seriously hurt in a car accident, dislocating her neck and losing sensation in her limbs. She was treated unsuccessfully in
Nairobi and then taken to Germany for repeated surgery and prolonged treatment. Eventually, she recovered the ability to walk a little. Her husband Will Kaberuka is an economist and presidential adviser who also comes from Western Uganda. They have two sons and two daughters. ==Bibliography==