Busingye Peninah Kabingani (born 1944) is a Ugandan politician and legislator. She represents the Elderly of Uganda's central region as MP in the parliament of Uganda. She is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) on whose ticket she was voted into parliament in the 2021 Uganda general elections.[1][2][3][4][5]
Background edit
Kabingani, commonly known as Mama Kisanja, is a resident of Kira municipality in Wakiso district.[6][7]
Kabingani won the seat for Elderly MP central region on the NRM ticket with 113 votes against her closest rival Halima Namakula who came second from the elders electoral college, composed of delegates of elders from 27 districts of the central region.[2][6][8][9][10][11]
Career edit
Kabingani is a farmer and retired civil servant who worked with East African railways that later morphed into Uganda railways after the disintegration of the first east African community.[6][12]
She has been actively engaged in political mobilization for close to 58 year, she is also the treasurer of Wakiso district Elderly league.[6][12]
She currently represents the Elderly of central region in the parliament of Uganda.[6][2][13][14][15]
References edit
- ^ "Busingye Peninah Kabingani - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b c "Peninah Busingye Elected Central Region MP for Older Persons". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "'Maama Kisanja' yeebazizza abamulonze ku ky'omubaka w'abakadde". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "NRM Sweeps Elections for PWDs, Older Persons, Workers' MPs". ChimpReports. 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Mama Kisanja celebrates becoming NRM party flag bearer". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b c d e "Four elected as MPs for elderly". Monitor. 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Maama Kisanja asuubizza okulwanirira abakadde abaagobwa ku ttaka". Bukedde. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ Reporter, Independent (2021-05-17). "131 MPs take oath on first day of swearing-in ceremonies". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ admin. "MPs for Elderly urged to be strong in their work, as World commemorates Day for Grandparents & Elderly – The UGPost". Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Busingye Takes NRM Flag for Central Elderly MP". ChimpReports. 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ 10529544_769261689792222_224470721_n (2021-01-27). "Halima Namakula to challenge election results in court". MBU. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Omuntu wabantu: Tukyaazizza Maama Busingye Peninah. Mubaka w'abakadde omulonde mu Paalamenti. BB, retrieved 2022-04-07
- ^ murami (2021-05-17). "131 MPs take oath on day one". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "PICTORIAL: MPs Take Oath as Joy, Vigour Open Eleventh Parliament -". 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "FULL LIST: 2021 Winners for Member of Parliament (MP) Positions Across Uganda". The Ugandan Wire. 2021-01-18. Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
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