Manjeri Kyebakutika

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Manjeri Kyebakutika
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUgandan
Occupation(s)Legislator and Politician
EmployerParliament of Uganda
Known forPolitics
TitleMember of Parliament
Political partyNational Unity Platform (NUP)

Manjeri Kyebakutika is a Ugandan legislator and politician for Jinja City in the Busoga Sub-region in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda. [1] [2] She is affiliated to the National Unity Platform (NUP). [3] [4]

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Political career

Manjeri was elected into the eleventh parliament as the member of parliament for Jinja city. [2] Manjeri was appointed as the deputy chief chip of the eleventh parliament of Uganda. [5] [6] [7] She was arrested for putting on a red barret for NUP while addressing the press after attending the Kyabazinga's coronation anniversary at Iganga palace in Jinja [4] [8] [9] and after arrest, Manjeri accused the Uganda Police for torturing her leaving her with chest and back injuries. [10]

Other works

Manjeri informed the Ugandan parliament about the insecurity in Jinja City due to the panic caused by panga welding criminals who threatened to kill people and that police was not deployed to avert the attacks. [1] [11] [12] She asked the government to return what belongs to Busoga Sub-region and obwa'kyabazinga of Busoga as in land, forests, district headquarters and properties currently occupied by government agencies among others. [13] She complained to the government about not turning Busoga university into a public university. [13] Manjeri donated food and hand washing dispensers to the people she represents in the parliament of Uganda. [14] She raised a concern in the Ugandan parliament about the brutality used by Umeme staff in Jinja which included beating, using tear gas to disperse crowds during their operations on illegal electricity connections in Jinja City. [15]

See also

  1. List of members of the eleventh Parliament of Uganda
  2. Sauda Kauma
  3. Parliament of Uganda
  4. Jinja
  5. National Unity Platform (NUP)

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  2. 1 2 Reporter, Independent (2021-03-24). "Busoga region NUP coordinators petition UHRC over alleged torture". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ↑ "How Bobi Wine navigated People Power, DP block interests to set up Parliament leadership". Monitor. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. 1 2 "Bobi Wine coordinator arrested for donning red beret". Nile Post. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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  8. ↑ Independent, The (2020-09-13). "Jinja NUP woman coordinator arrested for wearing red beret". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  9. ↑ URN (14 September 2020). "NUP Jinja coordinator arrested over wearing red beret". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  10. ↑ Reporter, Independent (2020-09-15). "NUP coordinator accuses police of torture". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  11. ↑ "Gov't to brief Parliament on state of security – Parliament Watch" . Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  12. ↑ "MPs Task Government as Machete Gangs Spread". ChimpReports. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  13. 1 2 URN (15 September 2021). "Busoga MPs demand return of kingdom property". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  14. ↑ "COVID-19 CRISIS: Jinja City Woman MP Kyebakutika Donates Food, Hand Washing Kits -". 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  15. ↑ murami (2021-09-24). "MPs condemn brutality by UMEME staff". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 2022-03-31.


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