Malende Shamim

Shamim Malende born in 1986, is a Ugandan lawyer, commissioner for oaths, notary public, politician, and community activist. She is a member of the National Unity Platform (NUP) political party and the only woman on the legal team of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.

In the 2021 general election, she was elected to Parliament as the Women's Representative for Kampala District for the 2021-2026 term. She was re-elected as a women's representative for Kampala District in the 12th Parliament for the term year 2026–2031.

Early life and education Malende was born in Kawempe, Kampala, Uganda's capital city, in December 1986, to Alhajj Jamal Ahmed Sebuta Malende, an attorney, and Jane Francis Nasunna, a school teacher.

Career After graduation from university, she worked in her father’s chambers before opening her own legal practice, Malende & Company Advocates. Shamim contested again for the Kampala woman representative Parliamentary seat in the 2026 Uganda general elections and won again.