▁and ▁to ▁date ▁only ▁woman ▁to ▁hold ▁these ▁positions . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Kin igi ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁in ▁a ▁ ▁family ▁in ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide ▁of ▁Bur und i . ▁Her ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁merchant ▁and ▁her ▁mother ▁cultiv ated ▁the ▁soil ▁and ▁kept ▁the ▁house . ▁Syl vie ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁of ▁six ▁children . ▁The ▁oldest ▁was ▁a ▁girl ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁help ▁her ▁mother , ▁but ▁Syl vie ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁a ▁Belg ian ▁school ▁for ▁girls ▁run ▁by ▁n uns . ▁She ▁received ▁both ▁primary ▁and ▁secondary ▁education ▁and ▁afterwards ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁then - cap ital , ▁Bu j umb ura , ▁to ▁study ▁econom ics . ▁At ▁ 1 9 ▁years ▁old ▁she ▁married ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁profess ors ▁and ▁had ▁four ▁children , ▁but ▁continued ▁her ▁studies . ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁engaged ▁in ▁the ▁women ' s ▁organization ▁of ▁the ▁gover ning ▁T ut si ▁party ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁get ▁laws ▁changed ▁and ▁economic ▁and ▁social ▁measures ▁implemented ▁for ▁women . ▁She ▁head ed ▁the ▁group ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁national ▁executive ▁board ▁of ▁the ▁women ' s ▁branch . ▁After ▁Kin igi ▁graduated ▁from ▁Bur und i ▁University , ▁she ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁in ▁Bur und i ' s ▁central ▁bank ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁university . ▁In ▁the ▁bank ▁she ▁was ▁promoted ▁and ▁was ▁given ▁responsibility ▁for ▁research ▁and ▁studies . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9