Who is Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro? Flash Uganda Media looks at his biography, age, wife, family, tribe, relationship with Professor Stephen Noll, Frank Gashumba, Guild President of Uganda Christian University, Bobi Wine, early life and education of the current Deputy Spokesperson of National Unity Platform (NUP).
Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro is a politician from Uganda. He is a member and in charge of training and capacity-building initiatives at the National Unity Platform (NUP) party.
He is also the Deputy Spokesperson for Uganda’s leading Opposition Political Party, the National Unity Platform.
Early life and Education
Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro was born in 1976, in Jinja, a district in Eastern Uganda.
He spent his childhood with his family and siblings here and also began his early childhood education before moving to Kampala for higher education.
He completed both his Uganda Certificate of Education and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from Kibibi Secondary School – Butambala and later proceeded to Uganda Christian University.
Career and Professional Work Experience
Waiswa Mufumbiro joined the National Unity Platform (NUP) in 2020 after participating in the People Power Movement, which began in 2018 under the leadership of Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine.
Mufumbiro has been to more political parties than any casual observer would believe. The flamboyant politician previously served in FDC (the late 2000s), DP until 2019, and NUP, where he currently heads training and capacity-building programs.
In October 2021, he was named the National Unity Platform’s (NUP) new deputy spokesperson. He was to report to Joel Ssenyonyi, the party’s spokesperson.
Waiswa was fronted by NUP to stand for Jinja City South Division West, where he received only 1,964 votes against NRM’s Grace Balyeku (3,102 votes) and eventual winner Timothy Batuwa Lusala of FDC, who received 4,801 votes.
Others in the race included ANT’s Hannington Basakana (250 votes), Najib Kezaala (251 votes), Clare Isiko Ivan (162), Ibrahim Iga Omaidu (68), DP’s Geoffrey Mutesa (51) and Lazarius Namaddu (50 votes).
This was not Mufumbiro’s first attempt to become MP from Jinja. He hopes to move mountains in 2026. He has fought other political titans before, including ANT’s Paul Mwiru, who once accused him of being a spoiler from Norbert Mao’s DP.
Achievements and Awards
Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro earned UGX 40 million in 2021, one of his highest earning years. His reported net worth is 250 million UGX. His salary as NUP spokesperson is expected to exceed 50 million Ugandan shillings per year.
Controversies
In October 2017, Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, the then Guild President of Uganda Christian University Mukono, was suspended from office for mismanaging and stealing guild funds.
Professor Stephen Noll, Vice Chancellor of Uganda Christian University, announced Waiswa’s suspension. According to Noll, a disciplinary committee found Waiswa and Guild Internal Affairs Minister Kenneth Munaawa guilty of fraud.
Waiswa and Munaawa were charged with instructing the guild treasurer to give them 12 million shillings to buy a new television set for the students. The new television set cost only two million shillings.
Munaawa allegedly pocketed 3.1 million shillings, with the remainder going unaccounted for. Munaawa admitted to stealing the money and was given one day to repay it. He was expelled from the university for failing to do so.
Professor Noll issued a statement in which he expressed his disappointment and dissatisfaction with the guild leaders’ actions. He claimed they had harmed the guild government and the university.
Noll praised the guild government for bringing the issue to the university’s attention and warned that anyone who participated in the fraud would be held accountable under university regulations and could face criminal charges. Alex Waiswa was removed from office for the rest of the September semester.
During the May 24, Barometer show on NBS TV, National Unity Platform (NUP) Deputy spokesperson Waiswa Mufumbiro launched a scathing attack on businessman Frank Gashumba.
Mufumbiro called Gashumba a “confusion monger.” He also stated that Gashumba is the most elderly and obscene person he has ever witnessed. This came after Gashumba spoke about the NUP insults he has endured for a long time.
Gashumba stated that he had long been critical of the government. However, he has never been insulted or tortured in the way that NUP has. Gashumba went on to say that the young people who were insulting him could be forgiven.
Those who train them cannot be forgiven. Furthermore, Mufumbiro directed NBS TV to stop inviting people with no manners, such as Gashumba. “Mr. Gashumba lacks the moral authority to speak about young people.”
He spent an entire week demeaning Buganda’s Katikkiro. He’s the most heinous person I’ve ever met. He is a master of perplexity.
This is a task for you, NBS. “Make sure the people you invite here are respectful,” Mufumbiro advised. Gashumba’s name has charges of sexual assault and forgery printed on it, according to Waiswa Mufumbiro.
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