Gertrude Nakabira

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Gertrude Nakabira
Member of the Parliament of Uganda for Lwengo District's Women's Representative Seat
In office
2011–2016

Gertrude Nakabira Lubega (1962 – 19 January 2020) was a Ugandan politician who served as Lwengo District's designated woman MP from 2011 until 2016. Prior to her election, she had a decades-long career in education, culminating in becoming Education Officer of Sembabule District.

Biography

Gertrude Nakabira Lubega was born in 1962. [1] She previously worked as a teacher and education consultant, spending thirty-five years in the former career. [2] In 2005, she became Education Officer of Sembabule District, serving until 2010. [2]

In the 2011 Ugandan general election, she was elected for the National Resistance Movement to Lwengo's designated women representative seat. [3] in 2013, during her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary at Kinoni Town Council, Rwampara district, President Yoweri Museveni praised "her commitment to development and poverty eradication in her constituency". [4]

In the 2016 Ugandan general election, she decided to leave the designated women representative seat in order to campaign for the Bukoto County South seat. [5] [1] However, she faced accusations of academic credential fraud during the campaign, including a discrepancy between her declared date of junior education completion and her birth date. [1] In the end, she lost to Muyanja Mbabaali and left Parliament. [6]

After years of ill health, she was eventually admitted to Nsambya Hospital, where she died from cancer on 19 January 2020, aged 57. [2] [7] She was later buried in Kibengo, Sembabule District on 22 January. [7]

She lived in Lwengo. [2] She had an older sister named Irene Nakabira. [1] She married Emmanuel Lubega in 1988. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Former Lwengo woman MP Gertrude Nakabira succumbs to cancer". Daily Monitor . 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "LIST OF ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT" (pdf). 29 March 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Respect families, says Museveni". New Vision . 1 December 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Ssejjoba, Eddie (20 July 2015). "Judith Babirye, Nabakooba pick nomination forms". New Vision . Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Ssekweyama, Ezekiel (19 January 2020). "Former Lwengo Woman MP Gertrude Nakabira Dead". Uganda Radio Network . Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Former Lwengo Woman MP Nakabira laid to rest". Daily Monitor . 19 July 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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