[1] Following ten continuous years in that position, he retired,[2] and handed over to Aaron Mushengyezi, in August 2020.
One of his brothers the late Peter Nyombi, Uganda's former Attorney General and former Member of Parliament for "Buruuli County" in Nakasongola District.
He also holds the degree of Master of Arts in Theology, from Trinity International University, in the United States, obtained in 1992.
He left Makerere in 1988 and for 13 years, until 2000, he traveled the world preaching the gospel with an organisation called African Evangelistic Enterprise.
Three years after that, in 2006, he was appointed to the newly created position of Deputy Vice Chancellor for Development and External Relations.