Eric Joseph Sakwa is a
Ugandan
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politician
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and former Resident District Commissioner of
Jinja District. He was the assistant youths leader of
Uganda People's Congress
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UPC was founded in 1960 by Milton Obote, who led the country to independence and later served two presidential terms under the party's banner ...
in 2005, before joining
National Resistance Movement
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History
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in 2010. He was born in 1982. He has been remanded in prison for manslaughter and robbery charges during the enforcement of
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Museveni's
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directives. He also called for interdiction in matters for illegal Jinja municipal land sale by civil servants. He was also put on two-month leave by the president until he was investigated on over manslaughter.
References
Ugandan politicians
1982 births
Living people
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