 After the successful completion of his secondary education, be joined the University of Nairobi Nairobi where he undertook a bachelor's degree in Law and thereafter obtained a diploma in Kabarak University.Eugene was admitted to the bar in 1995 and thereafter joined private legal practice.One of his highlights as a practising lawyer was representing President Yoweri Museveni in the 2001 Uganda presidential election petition against opposition leader Kizza Besigye 

The death of his brother and vice president Michael Wamalwa Kijana in 2003 vacated the Saboti MP seat.