Faith Alupo

Faith Alupo (9 October 198315 September 2020) was a Ugandan politician

Alupo was declared and confirmed the new Member of Parliament for Pallisa district under the ruling National Resistance Movement party after Achola Catherine Osupelem, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Woman Member of Parliament Candidate for Pallisa district was disqualified by the electoral commission from the race for using nomination names that did not tally with those on her academic qualification. This was communicated in a letter dated 14 July, signed by Justice Simon Byamukama.

Background and education Alupo was married and had a professional background in social work. Alupo won the nomination of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) for the seat on 28 May 2018, garnering 34,580 votes in the primary election compared with 26,995 and 11,058 retrospectively, for her nearest rivals Kevin Kaala Ojinga and Josephine Ibaseret. The by-election itself was scheduled for 28 June. Five candidates were in the running for the seat, but three withdrew, leaving just Alupo and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) candidate Catherine Achola in the race. Both candidates were ratified by the Electoral Commission of Uganda on 5 June, but on 19 June the commission announced that Achola was disqualified due to a discrepancy between her nomination papers and the academic records provided.

Death She died 15 September 2020 at Mulago Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment for blood pressure and diabetes. COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, was suspected, because she had problems with breathing. On 18 September, New Vision stated that Alupo died "while she was receiving treatment at Mulago National Referral Hospital in what sources say was a result of Covid-19 infection", twenty four days short of her 37th birthday.