Barumba Beatrice Rusaniya
Born2 December 1964
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUgandan
OccupationPolitician
Years active2006-2016
EmployerParliament of Uganda
Known forPolitics
SuccessorSheila Mwine Kabaije
Political partyNational Resistance Movement

Barumba Beatrice Rusaniya (born 2 December 1964) is a female Ugandan politician.[1] She was the National Resistance Movement politician and the Member of Parliament for Kiruhura District in the eighth and ninth Parliament of Uganda.[2] In 2005, when Kiruhura district was created out of Mbarara District, Beatrice became its pioneer Woman Member of Parliament in 2006 and served until 2016.[3]

Political life

In the 2016 to 2021 elections, she lost the elections.[4] She withdrew the election petition she filed challenging the election of her successor, Sheila Mwine Kabaije with allegation that the election exercise was marred with a lot of rigging among other irregularities.[5] Rusaniya was one of the Uganda’s representatives in the Pan African Parliament.[6] However, she was sick during the delegation.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Independent, The (2008-11-05). "Mbabazi, Suruma face political end". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  2. ↑ "Members of 9th Parliament". Fortune Of Africa - Uganda. 2013-06-07. Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  3. ↑ Mulengera. "BEATRICE RUSANIYA RIDES ON KAZO TO BOUNCE BACK IN NATIONAL POLITICS – mulengeranews.com". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  4. ↑ "HON. BEATRICE BARUMBA RUSANIYA, Aspiring Woman MP 2021-2026, KIRUHURA". www.ugandadecides.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  5. ↑ "Rusaniya withdraws Kiruhura election petition". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  6. 1 2 joomlasupport. "African parliament happy with UPDF job in Somalia". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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