Nabilah Naggayi Sempala

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Nabilah Naggayi Sempala
BornApril 1972 (age 52) [1]
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Education Mengo Senior School
(High School Diploma)
Saarland University
(Diploma in Translation)
Makerere University
(Bachelor of Arts)
(Master of Public Administration)
OccupationPolitician
Years active2006 to present
Known forPolitics
TitleMember of Parliament for Kampala Women Constituency (2016 - 2021)

Nabilah Naggayi Sempala is a Ugandan politician. As a Member of Parliament she has represented the Kampala Women Parliamentary Constituency in the 10th Ugandan Parliament (2016 to 2021). [1]

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Background and education

Nabilah Naggayi was born in Uganda in April 1972. She attended Kibuli Demonstration School for her primary education before she transferred to Kibuli Secondary School for her O-Level studies. She then completed her A-Level education at Mengo Senior School, graduating from there with a High School Diploma in 1992. [1] [2]

In 1994, Naggayi graduated with a Diploma in Translation from Saarland University, in Saarbrücken, Germany. In 1996, she went off to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree from Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda. Her degree of Master of Arts in Public Administration, was awarded by Makerere University in 2011. [1]

Career

Naggayi began her political career as a Councilor in Wakiso District Local Government in 2001, serving in that capacity until 2005. She, with others, including Muhammad Nsereko, the incumbent member of Parliament for Kampala Central Division, established the Social Democratic Party (SDP). She actively campaigned for the re-opening of the political space to multi-party democracy during the 2005 referendum. It was not until the run-up to the 2006 general elections, that she formally joined the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) political party. [3]

In 2006, at the age of 35, she unseated Margaret Nantongo Zziwa of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) political party, to capture the Women Representative's seat for Kampala in the 8th parliament (2006 to 2011). [2]

During the 2011 parliamentary elections, she received 222,724 votes compared to the 164,378 votes her closest challenger, Margaret Zziwa of the NRM received. [3] During 2013, a group of lawyers sued her, the Attorney General of Uganda and the Electoral Commission of Uganda, on a technicality, since the Central Government of Uganda had taken over the management of Kampala on 28 December 2010, and the city had ceased to be regarded as a district. [4]

In 2016 Naggayi faced off with five other contestants, including the incumbent Minister of State for Youth and Children's Affairs, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi. However Naggayi won handily. [5] During the debate to remove presidential age limits from the Uganda Constitution, Naggayi was one of the opposition members of parliament who were forcibly removed from the house chamber by security forces, on 27 September 2017, although she had not been suspended by the Speaker. [6]

She stood for the position of Lord Mayor for the 2021-2026 elections and lost to Erias Lukwago. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Parliament of Uganda (2016). "Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament: Nabilah Naggayi Sempala". Kampala: Parliament of Uganda . Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 Andrew Ndawula (30 December 2006). "Uganda: Our Politicians – Nabilah Naggayi Sempala" (via AllAfrica.com). New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 Kiggundu, Edris (8 February 2012). "MP Nabilah charts new political path". The Observer (Uganda) . Kampala. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Tumusiime, David (20 March 2013). "Nabilah Sempala's parliament seat under threat". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Paul Tajuba, and Joseph Kiggundu (20 February 2016). "Winners And Losers in Kampala, Wakiso MP Races". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Watera, Winnie (27 September 2017). "An Account of the Brawl in Parliament Against the Age Limit Debate". Kampala: Parliament Watch Uganda. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Erias Lukwago sworn-in as Kampala Lord Mayor for third term". Nile Post. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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