Francis Zaake is a businessman and Member of the 11th Parliament of Uganda representing Mityana Municipality. He was first elected to
Parliament in the 2016 general elections as an Independent Member. In late
2020, he crossed to the National Unity Platform (NUP), Uganda's leading opposition Party.
In January 2021,
he contested on NUP ticket for MP, Mityana Municipality and won a second term
in office. He was subsequently voted a Commissioner of Parliament representing
the entire Opposition on the Ugandan Parliament's highest decision-makin organ
until he was voted out by the parliament in March 2022
Biography
Zaake was born on 12 January 1991 at Butebi village, in Mityana District, to Emmanuel Ssembuusi Butebi and Teddy Naluyima. He is the
first born in a family of 12 children; eight girls and four boys.
Education
Zaake attended Fairway Primary School, in Mityana,
where he obtained a Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) Certificate in 2006. He
then studied at Mityana Modern Secondary School, graduating with a Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) in 2010. In 2012, he obtained a Uganda Advanced Certificate of
Education from Merryland High School, in Entebbe. He later joined Ndejje University where he graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Procurement and Logistics
Management.
Political career
While at Ndejje University, in Luweero District, he was elected Guild President of
the university student body for the academic year 2015/2016, his final year at
university. He is one of the politicians in the People Power Campaign led by fellow member of
parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.
In the days leading up to the parliamentary by-elections
for Arua Municipality that were conducted on 15 August 2018
Francis Zaake was severely injured when he was assaulted by members of Uganda's
police and military. He sought specialized medical care in India,
as a result of the injuries that he sustained at the hands of Uganda's security
forces.
As part of the melee that ensued in Arua on the night of
13 August 2018, thirty four individuals were arrested and one of MP
Kyagulanyi's drivers, one Yasin Kawuma was shot to death.
In September 2018, Zaake was charged with treason, while he was still bed-ridden from his injuries.
In April 2020, police arrested Zaake after he distributed
food to his neighbors. Police said the MP had flouted measures and guidelines
of the COVID-19 national task force, led by Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, on food distribution to the vulnerable
people
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