Frank Nabwiso
Frank Nabwiso was a Ugandan educator and politician who served as the Member of Parliament, representing Kagoma County Constituency in Jinja District, from 2001 until 2006. In 2006 he stood for re-election but was unsuccessful. In 2021, Nabwiso contested the position of Mayor of Jinja City where he lost to Peter Kasolo Okotcha of the National Resistance Movement political party. In all three elections, he stood on the opposition Forum for Democratic Change political party ticket.
Early life and education
Nabwiso was born circa 1940, in the Busoga sub-region, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. He attended St James Senior Secondary School.He proceeded to Kamuli Junior Secondary School and later Busoga College Mwiri.
He graduated with a Grade III Teaching Certificate from National Teachers College Kyambogo. He then transferred to Makerere University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science in 1967.
In 1968, he traveled to the United Kingdom on scholarship to pursue a Master's degree in African Development Studies at the University of Sussex. While there, he met other African scholars, including Thabo Mbeki, who later became President of South Africa, Mokgweetsi Masisi, who later became President of Botswana and George Saitoti, who later served as Vice President of Kenya. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Adult Education and Rural Development by the University of Wisconsin in 1976.
Career before politics
He taught at Kaliro Junior Secondary School, in Kaliro and at Bishop Willis Teachers Training College in Iganga, before joining Radio Uganda as a news anchor in the Lusoga language in 1962. In 1969, he became the resident tutor at Makerere University's Centre for Continuing Education, for Busoga and East Mengo sub-regions, succeeding Apollo Nsibambi. In addition, Nabwiso taught Development Studies to Army Officers at Gadhafi Barracks in Jinja, Uganda, from 1969 until 1970.From 1976 until 1981 he worked as the Regional International Officer for Planned Parenthood Federation, based in Nairobi, Kenya.