Teddy Nambooze is a Ugandan accountant and a legislator. [1] She serves as the elected Woman Member of Parliament for Mpigi district in Uganda's 11th parliament. Politically, she is affiliated to National Unity Platform (NUP) [2] under whose ticket she contested and won in the 2021 general elections. [3]
Nambooze was born in Ggoli a village in Kammengo sub-county [4] along Kampala-Masaka road in Mpigi district. She attended St. Bruno Secondary School Ggoli in Kammengo sub-county for her high school education. Nambooze studied a bachelor's degree in Business Administration at Nkumba University, Entebbe, in Uganda in 2002. [3]
Nambooze worked as a data entry officer at the Ministry of Education before joining the Hunger project in Kalamba sub-county in Butamabala district, the project was intended to teach women in the area financial skills to alleviate poverty. The project set up a SACCO of which she was appointed the manager.
In 2011, Nambooze started up a bank in the names Trust Development Initiative (TRUDI) where she currently serves as the director. In 2016, she contested on the Mpigi district woman MP seat but did not win. [5] In 2021, Nambooze came back to contest on the same position and was victorious. She is currently a legislator in the Parliament of Uganda [1] serving as the Woman member of Parliament for Mpigi district. [6]