Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Budiope East, Dhamuzungu Geoffrey, has resigned as Senior Programs Officer in the department of Corporate Planning and Strategy at Parliament of Uganda to concentrate on unseating Moses Magogo, the incumbent in that constituency.
In a letter dated 22nd April 2025 and addressed to the Clerk of Parliament of Uganda, Dhamuzungu tendered his resignation ‘to be able to participate in the coming general elections of 2026.’
In a memo dated 12th February, 2025, the Clerk asked all parliamentary staff wishing to join politics to resign from their roles – this is a statutory requirement.
“Allow me [to] convey my sincere gratitude to you for the opportunity given to work with the Parliament of Uganda as a staff. It has been a great honour and [a] good experience to contribute to the department through my director and departmental team members ever since I joined,” Dhamuzungu wrote in the resignation letter.
“In reference to the current human resource manual, I hereby officially write to you and give a 30 days notice before resignation as stipulated in our laws and have 25th May, 2025 as my last day at work,” he further wrote.
I can also ably state and confirm that [I] am able and I will personally handle my external obligations after resignation without any problem since their terms and conditions are clear, discussed and signed by me,” he added before further thanking the Clerk for the opportunity to serve the country. I shall be grateful if my resignation is put into your positive consideration; Dhamuzungu stated and signed off the one-page letter.
Dhamuzungu was MP for Budiope East between 2016 and 2021. He lost the seat to Moses Magogo, the President of FUFA, in a highly contested election marred by electoral malpractice and violence.
At a public gathering in Bugaya last year, Magogo’s wife and Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among, claimed she was the one who secured Dhamuzungu the Parliament job when he approached her.
Dhamuzungu denied her claim, saying it was President Yoweri Museveni who had deployed him. “I don’t work for [Anita] Among or the Speaker. I am a government of Uganda employee. President Museveni gave me this job,” Dhamuzungu retaliated at a different public gathering.
He challenged the Speaker to fire him if it was her who gave him the job. She couldn’t.
