Betty Nambooze
{{Short description|Ugandan politician}}
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| name = Betty Nambooze
| caption = Bakireke Nambooze Betty (2021)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|7|13}}
| birth_place = Mukono, Uganda
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| alma_mater = Uganda Martyrs University
{{small|(Diploma in Development Studies)}}
Law Development Center
{{small|(Diploma in Law)}}
| occupation = Journalist and politician
| years_active = 1993 – present
| nationality = {{flag|Uganda|23px}}
| citizenship = Uganda
| education = Bishop's Senior Secondary School
| known_for = Politics
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| title = Member of Parliament
| awards = Uganda Martyrs University
{{small|(Diploma in Development Studies )}}
| party = National Unity Platform
| spouse = {{Plainlist |
- {{marriage| Henry Bakireke|2002}}
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Betty Nambooze Bakireke, commonly known as Betty Nambooze, is a Ugandan journalist and politician. She serves as the Member of Parliament, representing Mukono Municipality, in Mukono District{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=541.000000&const=Mukono+County+North&dist_id=8.000000&distname=Mukono|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053147/http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=541.000000&const=Mukono+County+North&dist_id=8.000000&distname=Mukono|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Profile of Mrs. Bakireke Nambooze Betty, Member of Parliament for Mukono County North, Mukono District|accessdate=6 January 2016|publisher=Parliament of Uganda (POU)|last=POU|date=6 January 2016}}
Background and education
She was born in Mukono District, on 13 July 1969. She attended Bishop's Senior Secondary School Mukono, graduating in 1986.{{cite web|title=Nambooze, Bakireke love trek started in S.3| first=Joseph|accessdate=7 January 2016|last=Kimbowa|
url=http://www.observer.ug/component/content/article?id=22451:nambooze-bakireke-love-trek-started-in-s3|date=4 December 2012| newspaper=The Observer (Uganda)|location=Kampala}} She later attended the Law Development Centre, graduating with a Diploma in Law, in 1998. In 2010, she was awarded the Diploma in Development Studies by Uganda Martyrs University.
Career
Nambooze was first elected to parliament in May 2010, when in a by-election, running on the Democratic Party ticket, she defeated the then incumbent MP, Peter Bakaluba Mukasa of the ruling National Resistance Movement.{{cite web|
first=and Hussien Bogere |newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) |
url=http://www.observer.ug/news/headlines/8671-how-nambooze-trounced-nrm|title=How Nambooze trounced NRM |last=Edris Kiggundu |date=26 May 2010 |location=Kampala | accessdate=7 January 2016}} According to her parliamentary profile, Nambooze worked as a news reporter (stringer), between 1993 and 2000. From 2000 until 2004, she worked as a law enforcement officer. From 2004 until 2005, she served as a personnel officer. She worked as a radio presenter between 2000 and 2009 at CBS FM. From 2005 until 2010, she served as the Spokesperson for the Democratic Party in Uganda.{{Cite news|last=Clarke|first=Jody|title=How to keep winning elections - Ugandan style|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/how-to-keep-winning-elections-ugandan-style-1.570510|access-date=2021-04-03|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}
On 24 February 2016, she was briefly arrested along with MP-elect Moses Kasibante for revealing documents describing election fraud taking place during the country's recent election.
Nambooze has been arrested on numerous occasions on various politically-motivated, often trumped-up charges, but she has not as of yet been convicted in any court of law.{{cite web|title=Police attack journalists covering arrest of Ugandan opposition MP |access-date=23 June 2018 | url=https://www.ifex.org/uganda/2017/03/31/politician-arrest/ | date=31 March 2017 |publisher=Ifex.org Quoting Human Rights Network for Journalists - Uganda |author=Ifex Network}}{{cite web|title=Good vs Bad DP: MP Nambooze Arrested, Injured And Tortured in Masaka |access-date=23 June 2017 | url=http://theinsider.ug/index.php/2017/04/23/good-vs-bad-dp-mp-nambooze-arrested-injured-and-tortured-in-masaka/ |date=23 April 2017 |publisher=The Insider (Uganda) | first=Johnson | last=Thembo |location=Kampala}}{{cite web | title=Abiriga murder: MP Nambooze arrested |location=Kampala | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Abiriga-killing-MP-Nambooze-arrested/688334-4609806-fsj2pgz/index.html |date=13 June 2018 |access-date=23 June 2018 |newspaper=Daily Monitor | first=Jessica |last=Sabano}}{{Cite web|last=paseditor|date=2018-09-17|title=The Leader of the Opposition, Betty Aol Ocan visits Hon Betty Namboze at her home in Mukono, August 31st 2018|url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/gallery/2695/leader-opposition-betty-aol-ocan-visits-hon-betty-namboze-her-home-mukono-august-31st|access-date=2021-04-03|website=www.parliament.go.ug|language=en}} her life has also been threatened and even poisoned because of her political activities.{{Cite web|last=Kaaya|first=Sadab Kitatta|title=Nambooze: I was poisoned|url=https://observer.ug/news-headlines/44932-nambooze-i-was-poisoned|access-date=2021-04-03|website=The Observer - Uganda|language=en-gb}}{{Cite web|last=Malaba|first=Tom|title=Police to Disperse Nambozes Rally|url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/police-to-disperse-nambozes-rally|access-date=2021-04-03|website=Uganda Radio Network|language=en}}
On 13 August 2020, Nambooze was declared a member of "National Unity Platform" political party joining forces with his fellow member of parliament "Kyagulanyi Sentamu Robert" a.k.a. "Bobi Wine" the party president . Together with her other party members, Nambooze are set on "Mission 2021" a party mission to unseat the ruling party in the upcoming the 2021 elections {{Cite web|date=2020-08-13|title=Good Thursday! Bobi Wine's budding NUP captures 11 DP MPs and singer Chameleon|url=https://www.pmldaily.com/news/2020/08/good-thursday-bobi-wines-budding-nup-party-captures-dp-mps-and-singer-chameleon.html|access-date=2020-08-30|website=PML Daily|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=TRACY TEDDY NAYIGA {{!}} PML Daily Staff|date=2020-10-14|title=MP Nambooze appeals to NUP losers to Support the Flag bearers|url=https://www.pmldaily.com/news/politics/2020/10/mp-nambooze-appeals-to-nup-losers-to-support-the-flag-bearers.html|access-date=2021-04-03|website=PML Daily|language=en-US}}
In the 2021 parliamentary elections, Namboze won another term of office (2021-2026) to represent mukono municipality on the NUP ticket after defeating her closest competitors Mr George Fred Kagimu of Democratic Party (DP) and Abbas Ssozi of National resistance Movement (NRM).{{Cite web|title=Who will succeed Betty Ocan as LoP?|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/who-will-succeed-betty-ocan-as-lop--3273482|access-date=2021-04-03|website=Daily Monitor|date=29 January 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=NRM teams up with DP to beat Nambooze in Mukono|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/nrm-teams-up-with-dp-to-beat-nambooze-in-mukono-3254784|access-date=2021-04-03|website=Daily Monitor|date=12 January 2021 |language=en}} On 19 October police probed attack on honorable Betty Nambooze's home where they recovered two brad new pangas in a sack in a small garden of tomatoes{{Cite web|date=2021-10-19|title=Police Probes Attack at MP Nambooze's Home - SoftPower News|url=https://www.softpower.ug/police-probes-attack-at-mp-namboozes-home/|access-date=2021-11-16|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=spyreports|title=Just In: MP Betty Nambooze Attacked At Her Home|url=https://spyreports.co.ug/news/just-in-mp-betty-nambooze-attacked-at-her-home/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Spyreports|language=en-US}}
Parliamentary duties
Nambooze sits on the (a) Committee on Public Service and Local Government and the (b) Committee on Local Government Accounts.{{Cite web|title=So many questions, very few answers on the 43 new counties – Parliament Watch|url=http://parliamentwatch.ug/so-many-questions-very-few-answers-on-the-43-new-counties/|access-date=2021-04-03|website=parliamentwatch.ug}}
Personal
In November 2002, Betty Nambooze married Henry Bakireke, whom she had met in high school in the 1980s. Together, they are the parents of over 6 children, both natural and adopted.{{Citation|title=The political Life of Hon.Betty Nambooze member of parliament mukono municipality {{!}} People and Power|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFD9bnq9jVY|language=en|access-date=2021-04-03}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160319224843/http://www.parliament.go.ug/new/ Website of the Parliament of Uganda]
- [http://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/betty-nambooze-triumphs-in-mukono-north-mp-elections Betty Nambooze Triumphs in Mukono North MP Elections]
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