Veronica Namaganda Nanyondo

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Veronica Namaganda Nanyondo
Born22 July 1986
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
EducationKisojjo Primary School
Mende Kalema Memorial S.S
St. Andrew Kagwa S.S
Makerere University
OccupationPolitician
Years activeDecember 2015 to date
Employer(s)Unique Business Systems
St. John S.S Mukono
Ver Stationaries Limited
Parliament of Uganda
Known forPolitics
TitleMember of Parliament
Political partyNational Unity Platform (NUP)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Party(DP)
RelativesSuzan Namaganda
Fred Mukasa Mbidde

Veronica Namaganda Nanyondo (born on 22 July 1986 ) is a Ugandan politician who represents Bukomansimbi District. She belongs to National Unity Platform (NUP). [1] [2] [3] Nanyondo began her political career in December 2015 under the Democratic Party(DP) ticket after being inspired by her sister Suzan Namaganda who died in road accident. [4] Nanyondo is currently a woman MP for Bukomansimbi district who garnered 23,815 votes that made her a victor. [5] She was interested in contesting for the position of Women MP because she wanted to build on what her late sister had started and thought that she was the right person to replace her. [6] [7]

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Education

Nanyondo attained her Primary Leaving Examinations in 1998 at Kisojjo Primary School. She went ahead and attained Uganda Certificate of Education in 2002 at Mende Kalema Memorial S.S. She did not stop their, she went ahead to attain the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education in 2004 at St. Andrew Kagwa S.S and lastly she attained the Bachelor of Arts in Education at Makerere University. [1]

Work experience

Nanyondo started her job carrier in 2010 where she worked as she worked as a Sales and Marketing Executive in Unique Business Systems up to 2011. From 2011 to 2013 as a teacher at St. John S.S Mukono and she is currently working as a director in Ver Stationaries Limited . [8] During the recent elections, She organized a joint rally with other NUP candidates where they received defectors from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party where they notified Police of their meeting and received clearance. [9]

Family background

Nanyondo is a sister in-law to Fred Mukasa Mbidde who is a representative in the East African Legislative Assembly(EALA) representative. [10] Nanyondo is therefore a sister to the Late Suzan Namaganda who was Mukasa Mbidde's wife. [11]

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  5. ↑ "Nanyondo Veronica Namaganda - 2016 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
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  7. ↑ Veronica Nanyondo begins campaigns to win her late sister's Bukomansimbi Woman seat , retrieved 2023-02-09
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