Namuganza Persis Princess

Persis Princess Namuganza (born 5 October 1984) is a Ugandan politician and the State Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development (Lands) in the Cabinet of Uganda. She was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016. Namuganza concurrently served as the elected representative of Bukono County in Namutumba District, in the 11th Parliament (2021–2026). During the 2026 general elections, she was re- elected as the member of parliament for Bukono county in Namutumba district.

Early life and education Persis was born in Namutumba District on 5 October 1984 in an Anglican family.

In the 2026-2031 parliament, Namuganza declared her intentions to contest for the role of Speaker of parliament. She clearly stated that her intention for the role was to clean parliament that had been tainted with corruption. During this time, her party, the National Resistance Movement CEC had endorsed Anitah Among as the flag bearer for the race but she said that was not about to stop her. Namuganza later withdrew from the race and decided to support the NRM candidate, Jacob Oboth Oboth.

In the new Uganda cabinet of 2026/2031, Namuganza was appointed State Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development.

Her other contributions She bought a tractor; "Twabire Community Tractor 2018" for Bukono County. She bought coffee seedlings for the youth. She distributed scholastic materials to some schools, including Twivula Secondary School. She fundraised USh7 Million towards building the Arch-Deaconry House. She provided half and full bursaries to secondary school and university students. She built a ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine for Kikalu Primary School. She purchased onion seeds for the people of Ivukula. On 17 January 2019, she donated to Kibaale Namutumba Farmers' SACCO, 2 million Uganda Shillings.

On Monday 12 March 2018, the Daily Monitor reported that the Inspector General of Government, Irene Mulyagonja was investigating Namugaza, for possible lack of the necessary academic qualifications to hold the public offices. The investigation was initiated, following a formal complainant, filed on 7 March 2018, by a group of "concerned people" from Busoga, her home sub-region.

Namuganza was censured by the Parliament of Uganda on 23 January 2023 as a result of alleged misconduct. 348 MPs voted for her to be censured, 5 MPs were against the censure motion.