Nakazibwe Hope Grania

Hope Nakazibwe Grania (born 20 January 1986) is a Ugandan politician, and laboratory scientist. Hope is married to Dr Andrew Abaasa. She attended Tiger Army primary School in Mubende District for elementary education in 1999, Kasenyi SS in Mubende for her ordinary education and Christ the King Bulinda for her advanced level education. and a Certificate in Biomedical scientific manuscript writing from the University of California, San Francisco.

Career

Hope served as a laboratory technologist at Mengo Hospital in 2008. Between 2009-2010, she worked as a laboratory field supervisor in Integrated Community Based Initiatives (ICOBI) in Mubende and Kassanda districts. She also worked as a laboratory supervisor ICOBI Kampala central division in 2013. She has represented that constituency in the 11th Parliament of Uganda until today. On January 15th, 2026, she was re-elected on NRM ticket to the 12th parliament (2026-2031) of Uganda with over 70,000 votes defeating three other candidates that combined polled about 50% of her votes. She also serves as the Secretary General in the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association, She is also the NRM party parliamentary whip for greater Mubende. She is the deputy chairperson of the parliamentary committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.