Residence Mukono, Uganda Citizenship Uganda Known for Politics | Nationality Ugandan Years active 1993 – present Home town Mukono Town | |
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Born 13 July 1969 (age 47) ( 1969-07-13 ) Mukono, Uganda Occupation Journalist and politician Alma maters Uganda Martyrs University, Law Development Centre | ||
Betty Nambooze Bakireke, commonly known as Betty Nambooze, is a Ugandan journalist and politician. She serves as the Member of Parliament, representing Mukono County, North, in Mukono District
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Background and education
She was born in Mukono District, on 13 July 1969. She attended Bishop's Senior Secondary School Mukono, graduating in 1986. 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.
Work experience
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. 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. From 2005 until 2010, she served as the Spokesperson for the Democratic Party in Uganda.
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.
Parliamentary duties
Nambooze sits on the (a) Committee on Public Service and Local Government and the (b) Committee on Local Government Accounts.
Personal
In November 2002, Josephine Nambooze married Henry Bakireke, whom she had met in high school in the 1980s. Together, they are the parents of over 26 children, both natural and adopted.