Kwebiha Joyce

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Kwebiha Joyce sometimes referred to as Kwebiha Joyce Mama Mission is a Ugandan politician. She was an Independent candidate for the Women Representative (MP) for Kyenjojo District in the eighth Parliament of Uganda.

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Career

She is the director of Kyenjojo Development Radio. [1]

Politics

During the opening of National Unity Platform Office in November 2020 in Kyenjojo, Joyce was the guest of honor for the event. [2] She requested peace and harmony during and after the 2021 election period despite the political differences among Ugandans during and after the political season. [2]

In 2007, a year when Joyce joined the 8th Parliament of Uganda as a woman Member of Parliament of Uganda, she received death threats from supporters of one of the candidates in the district Local Council 5 chairperson by-elections. [1] Joyce said that her death threats were a result of allegations that she was campaigning for one of the candidates in the elections. [1] These death threats also came with threats of burning down Kyenjojo Development Radio, a radio station of which she is a director. [1]

Later in the next parliament, 28-year-old Linda Timbigamba beat the incumbent, Joyce Kwebiha with 24,922 votes, for the Kyenjojo Woman Member of Parliament seat and Kwebiha got 20,106 votes. [3] She was followed by Miriam Kesiime with 14,123 votes and Theresa Kabasinguzi came last with 11,911. [3]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kyenjojo MP reports death threats". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  2. 1 2 Reporter, Independent (2020-11-10). "Kyenjojo NUP office opened amidst tight security guidelines". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  3. 1 2 "Minister Kajara takes Kyenjojo MP seat". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-23.