Resty Nanteza

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Resty Nanteza
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Occupation(s)Politician and radio presenter
Employer(s)NBS radio
Parliament of Uganda
Buikwe district
Nyenga Division
Known forPolitics
Political partyForum for Democratic Change

Resty Nanteza is a Ugandan politician. She is also a radio presenter at NBS radio in Jinja city owned by former member of parliament Hon Igeme Nathan Nabeta. In 2021, she was a candidate to be the woman representative in parliament for the Buikwe district in the 2021 Uganda general elections, after serving as the chairperson of Nyenga Division. [1] She managed to garner 41,561 votes, and was reported as having won in some early lists of results. [2] However, she lost to Diana Mutasingwa (NRM) who won the election with 43,215 votes. [3] [4] Nanteza challenged the results in the courts. [1] [5]

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She is a member of the Forum for Democratic Change party. [6] [2]

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