Barnabas Tinkasimire

Barnabas Tinkasimire is a Ugandan politician and a Member of the Ugandan Parliament elected from the Buyaga West constituency, Kagadi District on the ticket of National Resistance Movement (NRM). He was the Chairman for the Bunyoro Parliamentary Caucus.[1][2]  Tinkasimire was one of the 29 MPs labeled “rebel MPs) by his party NRM for their opposition against removal of age limit for presidential candidates which would allow President Yoweri Museveni to remain in office beyond 75 years age limit.[3][4]

Personal life

Tinkasimire was married to Agnes Ageno Tinkasimire. His wife died in 2018 following multiple injuries she sustained in an arson attack on Tinkasimire’s house by unidentified persons. And in 2015 he Married Sandrah Tinkasimire.

However, his date of birth is not specified clearly in his biography [5]

Political career

Tinkasimire was elected from then Buyaga constituency in 2006 Kibaale District on ticket of NRM and since then to date. In 2017, he defied the advice of the NRM party leadership that all members of NRM caucus in the parliament should vote to remove the 75 years age limit for presidential candidates to allow President Museveni run for another term in office. He was tagged “rebel MP” along with 29 other NRM MPs caucus members in the parliament. He then left the party and joined People Power and was appointed coordinator for Bunyoro sub region. He did not stay long in People Power party before he returned to his former party NRM after meeting with President Museveni along with 16 other “rebel MPs” in the build up to 2021 general elections.[3] After his return to NRM, he tagged the People Power “a political club” during an interview with NBS TV Morning Breeze Show.[6]

References

  1. ^ "MP Barnabas Tinkasimire Won't Cling to Politics after 60 – Eizooba – Amakuru Ga'Bunyoro". Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  2. ^ Lukwago, Frank. "Former Buyaga County MP Loses Election Petition". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. ^ a b Reporter, Independent (2020-07-20). "Muntu disappointed with rebel MPs for returning to NRM". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  4. ^ "How age limit removal backers, opposers fared in NRM elections". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  5. ^ "MP Tinkasimire's wife dies". New Vision. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  6. ^ "MP Tinkasimire: "People Power is just a political club, NRM is a party". Nile Post. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2021-08-10.