Patricia Magara

Patricia Magara (born 1978) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician who is the Women's League National Resistance Movement party chairperson in Luweero, and a daughter to Sam Magara a Ugandan revolutionary killed in 1982.

Early life and education Magara was born in 1978 to the late Sam Magara and Joy Magara in Nairobi, Kenya, where her parents were in exile. Her siblings include Emmanuel Noowe, Stalin Kanduho, and Sam Mwerindebiro. She represented the National Resistance Movement as the flagbearer for Katikamu South Constituency in the 2021 general elections where she lost to Hassan Kirumira of National Unity Platform. However, in the 2025 party primaries, she lost the flag to Abubakar Kalume and petitioned the NRM Tribunal calling for the results to be annulled, alleging fraud, violence, and result manipulation. The tribunal dismissed the petition due to lack of credible evidence which made her to contest as an independent candidate in the 2026 general elections.

Personal life Magara is a mother of two children married to Sam Buchanan.