Abdu Katuntu

Abdu Katuntu (born 12 March 1965[1]) is a Ugandan politician, currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Bugweri County, Bugweri District.[1] He is a member of Forum for Democratic Change party[1] who served as the Shadow Attorney General in the Parliament of Uganda till 2018[2] and was replaced by Wilfred Niwagaba[3]He was first elected in 2001.[1]

Katuntu is a practising lawyer, having received an LLB from Makere University and a DIP, LP (LDC) from the Law Development Centre.[1] He is a former member of the Pan-African Parliament from Uganda[4] and the Rapporteur of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

He lost his parliamentary seat in the 2006 Ugandan general election to Kirunda Kivejinja but challenged the result, citing widespread malpractices[5]. The court found that "during the campaign period and on polling day, there was wide-spread intimidation, and torture in Bugweri Constituency", biasing the result in favour of Kivejinja.[6] Katuntu won the resulting by-election[7].

In the 2011 general elections, he was re-elected for another term in Parliament.

See also

References
  1. "Mr. Katantu Abdu". Parliament of Uganda. Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  2. "Opposition names new shadow cabinet: Alice Alaso to PAC". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. child (2018-03-07). "Shadow Cabinet". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. Pan-African Parliament members as of 15 March 2004 Archived 10 November 2010 at WebCite
  5. "Anti-Katuntu Demonstrations Held in Bugweri County :". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. Katuntu Abdu v Kirunda Kivejinja Ali and Another (Election Petition No. 7 of 2006) (UGHC 31 December 2006). Text
  7. "Katuntu wins hotly contested Bugweri byelection". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-05-30.


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