He is the Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement [1] He was the Minister Without Portfolio in the Ugandan Cabinet.
[citation needed] Richard Todwong holds the degree of Political Science and Economics at Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, His degree of Master of Arts in International Relations (M.A.Int.Rel.)
From 2000 until 2003, he served as a commissioner at the Constitutional Revenue Commission under the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Between 2006 and 2010, he served as a special advisor to the President of Uganda attached to Northern Uganda.
In 2011, he entered elected politics by contesting for the Nwoya County Constituency in the Parliament of Uganda where he served until 2015.
He ran on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) political party ticket.