Gertrude Nakabira Lubega (1962 – 19 January 2020) was a Ugandan politician who served as Lwengo District's designated woman MP from 2011 until 2016. Prior to her election, she had a decades-long career in education, culminating in becoming Education Officer of Sembabule District.
Gertrude Nakabira | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parliament of Uganda for Lwengo District's Women's Representative Seat | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Cissy Dionizia Namujju |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 |
| Died | (aged 57) Kampala, Uganda |
| Resting place | Kibengo, Sembabule District, Uganda |
| Spouse |
Emmanuel Lubega
(m. 1988; died 2020) |
Biography
editGertrude Nakabira Lubega was born in 1962.[1] She previously worked as a teacher and education consultant, spending thirty-five years in the former career.[2] In 2005, she became Education Officer of Sembabule District, serving until 2010.[2]
In the 2011 Ugandan general election, she was elected for the National Resistance Movement to Lwengo's designated women representative seat.[3] in 2013, during her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary at Kinoni Town Council, Rwampara district, President Yoweri Museveni praised "her commitment to development and poverty eradication in her constituency".[4]
In the 2016 Ugandan general election, she decided to leave the designated women representative seat in order to campaign for the Bukoto County South seat.[5][1] However, she faced accusations of academic credential fraud during the campaign, including a discrepancy between her declared date of junior education completion and her birth date.[1] In the end, she lost to Muyanja Mbabaali and left Parliament.[6]
After years of ill health, she was eventually admitted to Nsambya Hospital, where she died from cancer on 19 January 2020, aged 57.[2][7] She was later buried in Kibengo, Sembabule District on 22 January.[7]
She lived in Lwengo.[2] She had an older sister named Irene Nakabira.[1] She married Emmanuel Lubega in 1988.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Bindhe, Edward (21 January 2015). "MP Nakabira Accused of Holding Forged Academic Papers". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Former Lwengo woman MP Gertrude Nakabira succumbs to cancer". Daily Monitor. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "LIST OF ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT" (pdf). 29 March 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Respect families, says Museveni". New Vision. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ Ssejjoba, Eddie (20 July 2015). "Judith Babirye, Nabakooba pick nomination forms". New Vision. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ Ssekweyama, Ezekiel (19 January 2020). "Former Lwengo Woman MP Gertrude Nakabira Dead". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Former Lwengo Woman MP Nakabira laid to rest". Daily Monitor. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2023.