Abdu Katuntu | |
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| Constituency | Bugweri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 3, 1965 Butende |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Makerere University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Abdu Katuntu (born 3 December 1965) [1] is a Ugandan politician and lawyer currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Bugweri County [2] [3] [1] in Bugweri District. [4]
Katuntu is a practicing lawyer with a Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University and a Diploma in Law from the Law Development Centre. [4]
Katuntu is a former member of the Pan-African Parliament representing Uganda [5] and served as the Rapporteur of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights. [1]
Katuntu worked for Kadaga and Company Advocates, a law firm owned by Rebecca Kadaga. [1]
He was a member of the Forum for Democratic Change party until 2021. [6] [1] He served as the Shadow Attorney General in the Parliament of Uganda until 2018, [7] when he was replaced by Wilfred Niwagaba. [8]
Katuntu was first elected to the Parliament of Uganda in 2001. [4] [6] [1]
He lost his parliamentary seat in the 2006 Ugandan general election to Kirunda Kivejinja but challenged the result, citing widespread malpractice. [9] The court found that "during the campaign period and on polling day, there was widespread intimidation and torture in Bugweri Constituency," which biased the result in favor of Kivejinja. [10] [1] Katuntu won the resulting by-election. [11] [1]
Katuntu was re-elected for another term in Parliament in the 2011 general elections.
Katuntu served as the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Rules and Discipline. [12] This committee concluded that Francis Zaake was guilty of insulting Anita Among, resulting in his removal from the position of Parliamentary Commissioner. [6] [13] [14] [15]
Katuntu was the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE). He was replaced by Mubarak Munyagwa in 2019. [2] [16] [17] [18]
Katuntu is known for recovering 47 billion Ugandan shillings from rogue Chinese road construction firms in 2016. [1]
Katuntu headed the Parliament of Uganda's task force on COVID-19, assisted by five other members of Parliament. The members were tasked with assessing the role of private health sector players. [19] [20] [21]
Katuntu was described by Yoweri Museveni as a "poisonous mushroom" who was out to suffocate government programs, as he addressed a rally in Busesa, Bugweri County. [22]
Julius Galisonga, a candidate for the Forum for Democratic Change in the 2021 general election, filed an election petition against Katuntu at the Jinja High Court. Galisonga accused Katuntu of conspiring with the Uganda Electoral Commission to undermine the fairness of the election process. [23] [24] Katuntu had won the election with 17,813 votes, while Galisonga received 9,074 votes. [25]
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