Florence Namayanja

Florence Namayanja (born 4 October 1960) is a female Ugandan politician who was district woman representative of Bukoto County East, Masaka District.

She was affiliated to the Democratic Party political party and now affiliated to National Unity Platform. In the 11th Parliament, she stood as the Candidate for LC5 Chairperson for Masaka City under the National Unity Platform although she lost the elections. She was the winner of Masaka City mayoral seat after defeating seven candidates, including business tycoon Emmanuel Lwasa, with 28,824 votes.

Background and education Namayanja was born to the late John Kisomose Mukasa and Pirajiya Namatove. She is the fifth born in a family of eight children. In 1978, she attained her Uganda Certificate of Education from Masaka S.S.S. and after joined Makerere Day and Evening Classes for Adults for her Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education and she completed it in 2003. and Committee on Commissions, State Authorities & State Enterprises. They were arrested together with Evan Kanyike, the Bukoto East NUP parliamentary candidate and Juliet Kakande Nakabuye, Masaka Woman parliamentary candidate. They were charged with inciting violence and doing an act likely to spread infectious diseases, under section 171 of the Penal Code Act.