Kipoi Tonny Nsubuga

Kipoi Tonny Nsubuga (born 26 June 1978), also known as Tony Kipoi, was a member of the ninth Parliament of Uganda from 2011 until 2014, representing Bubulo West Constituency in Manafwa District.^[1] A member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), he was elected with 72% of the vote^{[citation needed]}. As of April 2018, he is facing a court martial for treason, among other charges.^[2]

Kipoi Tonny Nsubuga
26 June 1978
Born	Bunefule–Bugobero sub county (1978-06-26) June 26, 1978 (age 47)
Other names	Tony Kipoi
Political party	National Resistance Movement

Career

Kipoi was inaugurated as the Member of Parliament of Bubulo West on 17 May 2011,^{[citation needed]} after defeating incumbent Fred Bukeni, former minister Wanzusi Wasieba and others in the NRM primaries.^[3] He survived an immediate challenge to his election brought by 800 petitioners, with the Court of Appeal setting aside an order for a by-election made by the High Court.^[4][5] At the time of his election, Kipoi was the youngest directly-elected member of parliament at the age of 32.^{[citation needed]}

Kipoi served on the Committee of Defense and Internal Affairs and Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE).

Kipoi was arrested in December 2012^[6] and charged with treason on the grounds that he was recruiting personnel from Uganda as well as Congolese rebels as the basis for a potential coup.^[7] In June 2013, he was arrested separately on charges of car theft, before apparently fleeing to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) while on bail.^[8] The treason charges were withdrawn in February 2014, with proceedings transferred to a court martial.^[9] He was reported to have been arrested in the DRC in November 2013, but accorded "guest-of-the-state" status.^[10] He was then rearrested in February 2014 following an extradition request from Uganda, but as of November 2014 had not been transferred to Ugandan custody.^[10] In February 2018, Kipoi was arrested in Botswana, charged with four counts of obtaining money by false pretences^[11] and extradited to Uganda in early March.^[12]

In February 2014, Kipoi was expelled from Parliament for missing 15 sittings without a convincing explanation.^[13]