Former Kabweri MP Barnabas Gonahasa dead 

Former Kabweri MP (Kibuku district), Francis Barnabas Gonahasa has died.

Gonahasa served in the 10th parliament from 2016-2021 under the Forum For Democratic Change party. A close relative told URN that he died suddenly on Saturday night.

Gonahasa contested and attempted to return to the 11th parliament as an independent candidate but was defeated by NRM-supported candidate, David Stephen Mugole Mauku.

Apart from politics, Gonahasa has been a prominent dairy farmer in Pallisa district. He owned Kabweri dairy farm which he inherited from his father, the Late Bishop Lucas Gonahasa who was the assistant to the Bishop of Kampala from 1981 to 1997.

In parliament, he always pushed for an increased budget for the agricultural sector and the need to improve food security, especially in rural areas.

While he was not voted back to parliament, some of his former constituents lauded him for having extended electricity to some of the areas of Kabweri Constituency using his personal resources.