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{{short description|Ugandan politician}}
[[File:Bwanika (cropped).jpg|thumb|Campaign poster for independent presidential candidate Abed Bwanika. Designed by Samson Mwaka for the February 2011 issue of the Kampala Dispatch Magazine.]]
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{{Infobox person
| name = Abed Bwanika
| image = Bwanika Abed.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|08|01|df=yes}}▼
| birth_place = [[Masaka District]], [[Uganda Protectorate]] {{small|(now [[Lwengo District]], Uganda)}}
▲| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|08|01|df=yes}}
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| alma_mater = '''[[Makerere University]]'''<br/>
▲| alma_mater =[[Makerere University]]<br/> {{small|([[Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine]])}}<br/>{{small|([[Master of Veterinary Science]])}}
| years_active = 1987–present
▲| occupation = [[Veterinarian]], politician, pastor
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==Background and education==
Bwanika was born on 1 August 1967 in modern-day [[Lwengo District]].<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=30 March 2015 | date=20 March 2014 | url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=61913 | last=Bindhe | title=Dr. Abed Bwanika Among Evicted Lwengo Wetland Encroachers |
first=Edward | publisher=Uganda Radio Network (URN)}}</ref> He attended Kimwanyu Primary School, near his parents' home in
==Career==
Following his first degree, he stayed on at Makerere as a graduate tutor, while he conducted research and pursued a second degree.<ref name="Background" /> In 2001, he left teaching and a private veterinary consultancy. He also opened a church, Christian Witness Church.<ref name="Left" />
During the 1996 presidential elections, he supported [[Yoweri Museveni]] but switched allegiance to [[Kizza Besigye]] in 2001. He ran as an [[Independent (politician)|independent candidate]] in the [[2006 Ugandan general election
He again contested the [[2011 Ugandan general election
In August 2020 he left the People's Development Party to join the [[National Unity Platform]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Javira Ssebwami | title=Crossing the Red Line! ‘President’ Bwanika defects to NUP from his own party | newspaper=PML Daily | date=13 August 2020 | url=https://www.pmldaily.com/news/politics/2020/08/crossing-the-red-line-president-bwanika-defects-to-nup-from-his-own-party.html | access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref> In the [[Ugandan general election, 2021|2021 general election]] he was elected to Parliament to represent the Kimanya-Kabonera constituency in [[Masaka City]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Editorial: Uganda should focus on the day after tomorrow | date=19 January 2021 | newspaper=The East African | url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/oped/editorial/editorial-uganda-should-focus-on-the-day-after-tomorrow-3261560 | access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Bwanika is married to Gladys Namusuwe, a fish biologist and lecturer in the Department of Zoology at Makerere University. They have been married since 1995 and are the parents of
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