Margaret Annet Muhanga Mugisa

Margaret Annet Muhanga Mugisa
Mugisa in 2021
Born (1967-06-04) 4 June 1967
Occupationspolitician and legislator
Known forpolitics
Political party
National Resistance Movement
SpouseMichael Mugisha

Mugisa Muhanga Margaret (born 4 June 1967),[1] also known as Muhanga Margaret is a female Ugandan politician. She is also the State Minister for Primary Healthcare appointed by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2021, Rotarian, journalist, development consultant and a businesswoman.[2] Margaret was the Woman Member of Parliament of Kabarole District in the eighth and the Burahya County MP Kabarole District in the tenth parliament of Uganda. She later joined as the Woman Member of Parliament of Kabarole District of North Division Fort Portal City in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda under the National Resistance Movement political party.[3] She is a Ugandan politician and member of parliament for North Division in Fort Portal City in the eleventh parliament of Uganda.[4][5] She is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement.[6][1] She also served as the Woman representative for Kabarole District in the tenth parliament of Uganda[1]

Personal life and education

She was born to Constance Muhangazima Adyeri.[7] She is married to Michael Mugisa, the former District Chairman Kabarole[8] and the executive director of National Forestry Authority with many children from whom she is a guardian to and many of them are orphans.[9][7] Muhanga's husband replaced Damiano Akankwasa at the National Forestry Authority, after Akankwasa was convicted for abuse of office by causing financial loss of 2.8 billion Uganda shillings.[8]

Margaret is married to Michael Mugisha and they have children together.[10][11] She supported schools dropouts and also supported church construction[1] She is the elder sister to Andrew Mwenda, a Ugandan journalist.[9][12] She is also a sister to UPDF’s Maj. Gen Kayanja Muhanga and Maj. Henry Baguma, a historical Director under the Internal Security Organisation (ISO).[7][8] Muhanga's hobbies are cooking and cleaning her house.[9][7]

Margaret has a Master's degree[1] and she went to Nyakasura School.[13]

Career

Margaret worked for New Vision in the 1990s covering parliamentary news.[14] She was the Member of parliament for Burahya in Kabarole District in the tenth parliament of Uganda.[14][15][16][10][17] She won the 2021 national elections to become the member of parliament for North Division in Fort Portal City.[18][19] Margaret supported the lifting of the term limit bill in the tenth parliament.[15][20][1] Margaret sat on the parliamentary Committee on Commissions, State Authorities & State Enterprises.[1]

She was employed at the New Vision in the early 1990s, covering parliament.[21] Margaret started the Uganda Parliamentary Journalists Association with Henry Ochieng who was the chairman and she was his vice chair.[21] She is the CEO of Diamond Empowerment Limited and Fort Fun City Fort Portal.[22] She served as an administrator at the office of the president.[22]

She was the former woman member of Parliament for Kabarole District 2006-2011 and later became the Burahya County MP Kabarole District in the 10th parliament.[22] She joined politics because of her love for helping people, however she has no interest in politics.[22]

She was later succeeded by Pamela Annet Kirungi during the 2026 general elections.[23][24]

Controversy

In 2021, she told the former Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga that she would go back to Busoga and grow sugarcanes.[22] This was after Kadaga disrespected the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party decision of fronting the late Jacob Oulanyah for parliamentary speakership even after making a tacit agreement in 2016 when the latter chose not to contest against her.[22] She has been conspired to defraud UBC of its land.[25]

She among other people led a successful strike at Parliament and pulled out all the journalists from all media houses in 1999 and they told journalists not to go back for one week because they wanted an office and Parliament wasn’t giving it to them.[21]

See also

  1. List of members of the eleventh Parliament of Uganda
  2. Irene Linda Mugisha
  3. Parliament of Uganda
  4. National Resistance Movement
  5. Pamela Annet Kirungi

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Parliamentary Performance Scorecard 2018- 2019. Uganda: The Africa Leadership Institute. April 2020. p. 337. ISBN 978-947478-111-0.
  2. ↑ Uganda, Flash (2022-03-12). "Margaret Muhanga: Biography, Age, Family and Husband". Flash Uganda Media. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  3. ↑ Tushabe, Nasa (2021-01-18). "Full List of Winners and Losers of 2021 Member of Parliament Elections". The Pearl Post. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  4. ↑ Standard, Victoria Ajala | Ug (2021-01-18). "FULL LIST: Here are MPs who have been declared winners". UGStandard. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  5. ↑ "FULL LIST: 2021 Winners for Member of Parliament (MP) Positions Across Uganda". The Ugandan Wire. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  6. ↑ Team, Monitor (2020-09-09). "Uganda: Political Faces of Mbarara, Hoima, Fort Portal, Gulu Cities". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Uganda, Flash (2022-03-12). "Margaret Muhanga: Biography, Age, Family and Husband". Flash Uganda Media. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  8. 1 2 3 "MUSEVENI'S ROLE IN THE UBC LAND SAGA". Peril Of Africa. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  9. 1 2 3 "For MP Margaret Muhanga, controversy is her middle name". Nile Post. 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  10. 1 2 "No one in Parliament dared to ask me for love". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  11. ↑ "Muhanga's Husband Chased by Parliament". ChimpReports. 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  12. ↑ "Margaret Muhanga". ChimpReports. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  13. ↑ "For MP Margaret Muhanga, controversy is her middle name". Nile Post. 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  14. 1 2 "For MP Margaret Muhanga, controversy is her middle name". Nile Post. 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  15. 1 2 Team, Observer. "Age limit battle: Who is winning?". The Observer - Uganda. Archived from the original on 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  16. ↑ "Most Silent, Active MPs Named -". 2017-07-17. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  17. ↑ "Hon Muhanga's Car Vandalized at NRM Headquarters". ChimpReports. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  18. ↑ "List of 130 MPs set to be sworn-in on Wednesday". Matooke Republic. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  19. ↑ "Political faces of Mbarara, Hoima, Fort Portal, Gulu cities". Monitor. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  20. ↑ "Patricia – NUP Uganda Diaspora". Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  21. 1 2 3 "For MP Margaret Muhanga, controversy is her middle name". Nile Post. 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Uganda, Flash (2022-03-12). "Margaret Muhanga: Biography, Age, Family and Husband". Flash Uganda Media. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  23. ↑ Mutaahi, Chrispus (2025-11-12). "Kobugabe Pulls Out, NRM's Annet Kirungi Wins Kabarole Woman MP Seat Unopposed". The Sunrise Newspaper. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  24. ↑ "Kabarole Woman MP Seat Goes to NRM After Kobugabe Withdraws :". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  25. ↑ "A judgement that confirmed MP Muhanga conspired to defraud UBC of its land". Watchdog Uganda. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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