Joseph Kabuleta
Joseph Kizza Kabuleta (born 17 March 1972) is an Ugandan journalist, sports analyst, pastor and politician who contested for the office of the president of Uganda in the 14 January 2021 presidential poll as an independent candidate. He is well known for vocally criticizing the government and its systems and strongly articulating his campaign message of Financial Liberation . He was arrested after publishing a Facebook article that criticized the President's son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and detained for four days in a government torture house. His retelling of his experience in the media was rebuffed and denied by the government. However several critics of the government had been arrested and tortured prior to him confirming that the state does indeed torture independent and vocal opposition voices such as Dr Stella Nyanzi, political activist and feminist. Early life and education Kabuleta was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to Margaret and John Kabuleta as the ninth of 12 children. His father is of the Munyoro tribe from Hoima, Uganda, and his mother is a Kenyan belonging to the Kikuyu tribe. Kabuleta was raised in Rubaga, Kampala before his family moved to his father's home town of Hoima, Uganda. He attended Namilyango Junior School