Kintu Florence

Ugandan politician

Kintu Florence

Kintu Florence

Born|

Kalungu District

(1960-04-03) April 3, 1960 (age 65)
Other names| Kintu Florence Tumwine
Political party| National Resistance Movement

Kintu Florence also known as Kintu Florence Tumwine (born 3 April 1960) is a Ugandan politician. She was a woman member of parliament representative for the National Resistance Movement political party in the ninth Parliament of Uganda, Kalungu District.

## Life before politics

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Kintu served as the Kalungu District acting chairperson before joining Parliament as its Woman MP and left politics in 2016 to concentrate on other businesses.[1]

## Political life

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She was among the eight contestants who expressed interest of being in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party National Vice Chairperson Western Region position.[2] Some of the people who expressed interested included the former Army Spokesperson Col (Rtd) Shaban Bantariza, Dr. Emmanuel Diini Kisembo, former Busongora South MP Boaz Kafunda and others.[2] She contested against Matayo Kyaligonza in the NRM primaries for the position of the vice chairperson after picking nominations forms from the NRM Electoral Commission offices on July 20, 2020.[3] In March 2022, she was accepted as the Local Government and Public Service Committee Chairperson.[4]

Florence who served as the Obundhingiya Bwa Bwamba's cultural institution's minister for tourism and industrial relations, resigned in 2020 to concentrate on peace advocacy in Rwenzori Sub-region after serving as the cultural minister for three years.[1] Kintu addressed her resignation letter to the institution's Prime Minister.[1]

She is the regional chairperson of Rwenzori Women Peace Forum which mainly focuses on districts that were affected by ethnicity clashes.[1]

## Controversy

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Margaret Ntambaazi and Janat Nassiwa made an election petition against Kintu to the High Court.[5] They alleged that Kintu lacked the Ordinary and Advanced level certificates of education.[5] However, the election petition was dismissed by Justice Elizabeth Musoke on grounds that there was no compelling evidence to show that Kintu's academic papers were forged.[5] While at the high Court, Caleb Alaka, Samuel Muyizzi, Ben Ikilai, and Julius Galisonga represented Ntambaazi and Nassiwa, while Geoffrey Kandeebe represented Kintu and the Electoral Commission.[5] Ntambaazi and Nassiwa vowed to appeal against the ruling.[5] However, Kintu was fully qualifiedand valid to be elected as ruled by Justice Elizabeth Musoke.[5]

## See also

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* List of members of the ninth Parliament of Uganda

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Bwamba tourism minister resigns". Monitor. 2020-07-19. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
2. ^ a b Reporter, Independent (2020-07-28). "Minister Baryomunsi joins race for NRM vice chairperson western region". The Independent Uganda. Archived from the original on 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
3. ^ "NRM Primaries: Kintu Florence vying against Matayo Kyaligonza for Western region". Live News Chat Room. 2020-07-23. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
4. ^ "Stories :: Keyword: local government and public service committee chairperson florence kintu :: Accepted date: March 2022 :: Uganda Radio Network". ugandaradionetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
5. ^ a b c d e f "Kalungu petition dismissed". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-27.