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 byNew constituency
Succeeded byCissy Dionizia Namujju
Personal details
Born1962 (1962)
Died (aged 57)
Kampala, Uganda
Resting placeKibengo, Sembabule District, Uganda
Spouse
Emmanuel Lubega
(m. 1988; died 2020)

Biography

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Gertrude 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

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  1. ^ a b c d Bindhe, Edward (21 January 2015). "MP Nakabira Accused of Holding Forged Academic Papers". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Former Lwengo woman MP Gertrude Nakabira succumbs to cancer". Daily Monitor. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  3. ^ "LIST OF ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT" (pdf). 29 March 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Respect families, says Museveni". New Vision. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  5. ^ Ssejjoba, Eddie (20 July 2015). "Judith Babirye, Nabakooba pick nomination forms". New Vision. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  6. ^ Ssekweyama, Ezekiel (19 January 2020). "Former Lwengo Woman MP Gertrude Nakabira Dead". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Former Lwengo Woman MP Nakabira laid to rest". Daily Monitor. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2023.