[1][5] In 1978 he was admitted to Namilyango College, in Mukono District, A-Level education where he was a chairperson of the School Council.
[1] On acquiring a postgraduate diploma in legal practice, in 1986, Bitangaro was admitted to the Ugandan Bar as an advocate of the Uganda Courts of Judicature.
He was appointed as the Minister of State for Gender and Culture,[6] In 2006, Bitangaro lost in his re-election bid to Tress Bucyanayandi.
He won both the party's primaries and the general elections in 2016 and became a member of the 10th Parliament, representing Bufumbira County South in Kisoro District.
Sam Bitangaro is a former diocesan chancellor for Muhabura Diocese and was the chairperson for Kisoro District Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.