Abed Bwanika: Difference between revisions

| name = Abed Bwanika

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| years_active nationality = 1987 — present[[Uganda]]n

| nationality citizenship = [[Uganda]]n

| ethnicitytitle = President<br />People's =Development [[GandaParty/DP people|Muganda]]Balock

| citizenshipspouse = Gladys Namusuwe<ref name="Family" Uganda/>

first=Edward | publisher=Uganda Radio Network (URN)}}</ref> He attended Kimwanyu Primary School, near his parents' home in Lwengosaid Districtarea. Later, he studied at [[Masaka Secondary School]] for his 'O' level, and at [[Kigezi High School]] for his 'A' level. He was admitted to [[Makerere University]], where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine]] degree. Later, he earned a [[Master of Science]] degree in the same field, also from Makerere.<ref name="Background">{{cite web | date=30 September 2013 | url=http://news.ugo.co.ug/abed-bwanika-i-was-called-to-do-big-things-in-life | title=Abed Bwanika: I Was Called To Do Big Things In Life | accessdate=30 March 2015 | publisher=Ugo.co.ug | first=Anita | last=Ashaba }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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, 2006|February 2006 presidential election]],<ref name="Left">{{cite web | publisher=[[BBC News]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4719944.stm | title=Uganda's Other Presidential Hopefuls | date=17 February 2006 | last=BBC | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> where he finished in fourth place, with 0.95 percent of the vote (65,874 total votes).<ref name="EC" />

He again contested the [[2011 Ugandan general election, 2011|February 2011 presidential elections]] as the candidate of the People's Development Party, which he founded; he is also the party's president.<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=30 March 2015 | url=http://africanelections.org/new_news.php?nid=72 | last=News | date=30 November 2010 | title=Eight Candidates to Contest Uganda 2011 Elections | publisher=Africanelections.org Quoting Uganda Electoral Commission}}</ref> The second-time around, he received about 14,000 fewer votes (51,708 total votes), garnering 0.65 percent of the popular vote.<ref name="EC">{{cite web | publisher=Uganda Electoral Commission (UEC) | url=http://www.ec.or.ug | title=Ugandan Presidential Election, 2011 | last=UEC | accessdate=30 March 2015 | date=March 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505203624/http://www.ec.or.ug/ | archive-date=5 May 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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 threefour sons: Wise, Decent, Chosen, and Delight.<ref name="Family">{{cite web | title=Abed Bwanika And Gladys Namusuwe of PDP | accessdate=30 March 2015 | last=Newvision Archive | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/500/736451 | date=29 October 2010 | newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113429/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/500/736451 |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref>

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