1. Who is Persis Namuganza?
Persis Namuganza is a Social worker, politician, and the State Minister for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development in the Cabinet of Uganda.
2. What is Persis Namuganza’s family background?
Persis Namuganza was born on 5 October 1984 in Namutumba District in Uganda.
3. What is Persis Namuganza’s educational background?
She studied at Mount Elgon High School in Mbale, for her O-Level education. She then transferred to a school in Luweero District, where she sat for her A-Level examinations in 2003.
In 2006, Namuganza was awarded a diploma in accounting by the Makerere Business Institute. That same year, she entered Kyambogo University, graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration degree. However, the acedmic registra of Kyambogo University Jerome Butamanya denied having records of transcripts under the names of Persis Namganza.
In April 2018, she graduated from Cavendish University Uganda with a master’s in international relations.
4. When did Persis Namuganza being her career?
Persis Namuganza began her career in 2009 at Anti Corruption Coalition Uganda, a non-governmental organization (NGO), where she served as a program officer. After one year transferred to Pearl of Africa Research and Accountability as a public relations officer and administrator from 2010 until 2012
Namuganza was appointed as a deputy resident district commissioner for Luweero District, serving in that capacity from 2012 until 2015.
5. When did Persis Namuganza join politics?
In 2016, she entered competitive elective national politics by contesting the Bukono County Constituency seat in Namutumba District on the National Resistance Movement political party platform.
6.What are Persis Namuganza’s contributions?
- She provided half and full bursaries to secondary school and university students.
- She bought a tractor; “Twabire Community Tractor 2018” for Bukono County.
- She bought coffee seedlings for the youth.
- She built a ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine for Kikalu Primary School.
- She distributed scholastic materials to some schools, including Twivula Secondary School.
- She fundraised USh7 Million towards building the Arch-Deaconry House.
- On 17 January 2019, she donated to Kibaale Namutumba Farmers’ SACCO, 2 million Uganda Shillings.
- She purchased onion seeds for the people of Ivukula
7. What news has been trending about Persis Namuganza?
Persis survived an attempt on her life by unknown assassins in an attack that left her vehicle damaged.
They attacked her in Bukoto in Kampala, just before the traffic lights mounted opposite St. Andrew’s Church in the road heading to Ntinda. This all happened at around 7:00pm on Thursday September 22.
8. Who is Persis Namuganza’s husband?
Persis’s husband is Issa Bakaaki and has children however, their love life is secretly
9.What is Persis Namuganza’s net worth?
Persis Princess Namuganza has a net worth of $5.00 million which she earned from her occupation as a Politician
