Jeninah Ntabgoba (at times referred to Jeninah M.N Ntabgoba) is a Ugandan author and former Legislator. She was the elected Woman Constituent Assembly Delegate for Kisoro District in the 1994 Constitutional Assembly and later represented the same constituency as a Member of Parliament in Uganda's sixth parliament between 1996 and 2001 when she was replaced by Annette Mukabera in the 2001 Ugandan General Election.

Jeninah Ntabgoba
Woman Member of Parliament, Kisoro District (1989)
Constituent Assembly Delegate (CAD), Kisoro District
May 1994 - July 1995
Woman Member of Parliament, Kisoro District
1996 - 2001
Succeeded byAnnette Mukebera
Personal details
Born
Jeninah Mary Nyirandimubakunzi
NationalityUgandan
OccupationPolitician
Author

Career

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Ntabgoba participated in the 1989 Ugandan general election and was one of the 280 elected Members of Parliament on the National Resistance Council.[1] She was the Woman Representative for Kisoro District.[2]

During the 1994 Ugandan Constituent Assembly elections, Ntabgoba was elected to represent the Women of Kisoro District. She later successfully contested for the position of Woman Member of Parliament for the same constituency and represented it inUganda's sixth parliament.[3][4]

She was succeeded by Annette Mukabera after defeat in the 2001 Ugandan parliamentary elections.[5]

Personal life

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Born Jeninah Mary Nyirandimubakunzi, Ntabgoba was married to former Principal Judge Herbert Ntabgoba[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tripp, Aili Mari (2000). Women & politics in Uganda. Wisconsin: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press. p. 232. ISBN 9780299164836.
  2. ^ "When Hens begin to Crow - Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda (Fountain Publishers, 1999, 254 p.): Appendix 3: Women Legislators, 1950-1998". www.nzdl.org. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. ^ "CMIS Repository | Parliament of Uganda".
  4. ^ Parliament of Uganda (1 October 1996). "6th Parliament as at 1st October 1996". Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Ministers, Five MPs Lose Seats". New Vision. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ^ URN. "Only 30 'cleared' to attend justice Ntabgoba burial". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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