Kayanga Baroda Watongola

Kayanga Baroda Watongola
Member of the Parliament of Uganda
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byRehema Watongola
ConstituencyKamuli Municipality
Personal details
Alma materKyambogo University

Kayanga Baroda Watongola is a Ugandan politician and legislator. She is the Member of Parliament for Kamuli Municipality, in the 11th Parliament of Uganda. She entered Parliament on an independent ticket.[1][2][3]

Background and Education

Baroda Watongola is the daughter of the late Hajjat Rehema Tiwuwe Watongola, the former Member of Parliament for Kamuli Municipality, and Badiru Watongola, the Kamuli Municipality National Resistance Movement (NRM) chairperson.[4][5][6][7]

Baroda Watongola is an alumnus of Kyambogo University where she obtained a bachelor's degree in community-based rehabilitation. She also possesses a diploma in the same course.[1][5][8]

Career

Baroda replaced her mother as contender for the Kamuli Municipality seat in Kamuli District after her mother, Hajjat Rehema Watongola, died of COVID-19 a few months before the 2021 Uganda general election in which she had intended to participate.[4][1][5][9][6][7][8]

She received an endorsement from the party president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Eng. Patrick Oboi Amuriat, despite representing a different political inclination.[10]

In the 2021 general election, Baroda sought the MP seat on an independent ticket, as her mother had. She won against Mastula Namatovu of the National Resistance Movement, Mosses Bigirwa of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and Eng. Geoffrey Mugoye (another independent).[2][6][7][11]

In the 2026 general elections, she was beaten by her rival Mastula Namatovu in the toughly contested elections. She will therefore won't be seen the 12th parliament.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Benard, Don M. (2020-11-27). "Kyambogo University Finalist Nominated to Contest for Her Fallen Mother's MP Seat". Campus Bee. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. 1 2 "Kamuli Municipality MP Elect Kayanga Embarks on "Non-Violent Youth Project" -". 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. ↑ "KAMULI: Hon.Baroda Watongola donates to locals Covid-19 Relief items". NBS 89.4FM. 2021-07-05. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  4. 1 2 Deceased MP Watongola's daughter joins MP contest for Kamuli municipality, retrieved 2022-04-06
  5. 1 2 3 "Daughter nominated to compete for deceased mother's MP seat in Kamuli Municipality". Nile Post. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  6. 1 2 3 URN. "Late Watongola's daughter Kayaga nominated for Kamuli MP seat". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  7. 1 2 3 "Watongola's daughter fights for her mother's shoes". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  8. 1 2 "Fallen Kamuli MP's daughter joins race to replace her". Monitor. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  9. ↑ "Daughter to deceased Kamuli Municipality MP Watongola nominated to "defend" mother's Seat". Matooke Republic. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  10. ↑ "Video: FDC's Amuriat Endorses NRM-leaning Candidate for Kamuli Municipality MP Seat". ChimpReports. 2020-12-27. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  11. ↑ "The women who trounced men in parliamentary races". Bukedde. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  12. ↑ "Kamuli Municipality parliamentary vote recount hits snag as High Court intervenes". Monitor. 2026-02-04. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
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