Amoru was born in Dokolo District, Lango sub-region, on 11 October 1983 in an Anglican family of the Langi people. The second-born of eight children, he attained his primary education while schooling in his home district of Lira at the time when the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in the region was at its peak. He attended Angwechibange Primary School, Dokolo Primary School and Lira Faith Academy.
In spite of the hardships, Amoru made it to Ngora High School where he attained both his O-level and A-Level academic qualifications. He was a library prefect in O-level and in A-level, a UNSA representative for Ngora High School and the UNSA chairperson for Kumi District.[13]
Amoru further advanced to Uganda Christian University (UCU) for his university education where he attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication, majoring in Public Relations. At UCU, he was elected president of the students’ guild in 2005 and went on to serve as president of Uganda National Students Association (UNSA) in 2006. Over the years, Amoru has been exposed to and involved in several professional trainings and fellowship programmes in the field of journalism.[8]
In 2007-2008 he went to Nairobi Kenya and attained a Certificate in Specialized Media Practice and Management – NMG Media Lab Editorial Training Programme
In 2017 he attained a Masters’ Degree in Journalism and Communications from Makerere University
In 2018 - 2019 he attained a Certificate in Media Regulation in a Democratic Framework from Fojo Media Institute/Linnaeus University, Global Reporting Sweden AB.
Amoru started his media practice as a public relations officer for the vocational institute, Adwoki Technical School in 2006 and then Kumi University in early 2007. In mid 2007, he joined MPL as a staff writer and court reporter for Daily Monitor. While doing his professional job for the media group, Amoru was promoted to bureau chief in 2009 and then to deputy news editor in 2011,[9] a position he held until March 2012 when he landed his desired career at the time as a public relations officer for the then newly established business and technical examinations body, UBTEB.[10]
In 2015 Amoru successfully joined elective politics, winning the NRM chairmanship for Dokolo North County[14] and further going on to win the constituency on the NRM ticket in the 2016 general elections that ushered in the 10th Parliament for the Pearl of Africa.
In the 10th Parliament, Amoru was the chairperson of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Media, the spokesperson for Lango Parliamentary Group, the NRM whip for Lango members of parliament and the NRM chairperson for Dokolo North County. He was also a member of the Committee on Equal Opportunities and the Committee on Education & Sports.[7]
He serves as the Executive Director Unipol Media Services and Unipol Energy Uganda Limited since 2017.
He is also the Chairman Board and Managing Director, Upendo Familia Investment Limited from 2019 to date.
He is Currently the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda to the Republic of South Africa. [15]