Faridah Nambi

Faridah Nambi Kigongo (commonly known as Faridah Nambi) is a Ugandan politician, media personality and social activist. She is the founder and executive director of Nambi Children Initiatives (established in 2006) and the host of Nambi Talkshow, a programme previously broadcast on NTV Uganda.

She has contested elections on the ticket of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), including for Kampala District Woman Representative in the 2021 general election and for the Kawempe North parliamentary seat in the March 2025 by-election.

Early life and education A 2010 Daily Monitor profile described Nambi as a Muslim woman from Butambala District.

In March 2025, Daily Monitor reported that she attended Gayaza Junior School and Kawempe Muslim Secondary School, later earning a Bachelor of Business Administration (Marketing) from Makerere University Business School and a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School.

Career Social work Nambi founded Nambi Children Initiatives in 2006 as a charitable organisation supporting orphans and other vulnerable children, including in Kampala's informal settlements.

International engagement Nambi attended the U.S. Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington, D.C., in April 2010, an event hosted by President Barack Obama.

Political career NRM primaries and the 2021 Kampala Woman MP election Uganda Radio Network reported that Nambi won the NRM primary for the Kampala District Woman parliamentary seat in September 2020, polling 9,005 votes at the tally centre in Kawempe.

Official results published by the Electoral Commission for the 2021 parliamentary elections show that she finished second in the Kampala District Woman Representative race with 94,870 votes, behind National Unity Platform candidate Shamim Malende (314,865 votes).

According to New Vision, the by-election, held on 13 March 2025, was won by the National Unity Platform candidate Elias Nalukoola with 17,764 votes, while Nambi placed second with 8,593 votes.