The Electoral Commission (EC) has turned down the nomination of presidential aspirant Nancy Linda Kalembe for failure to pay nomination fees.
Accompanied by her mother, Aida Cissy Kubaaza and other close associates, Nancy was welcomed by the spokesman of the Electoral Commission Paul Bukenya, ahead of the anticipated nomination time.
Her joy was cut short after the chairperson of the Electoral Commission Justice Simon Byabakama told her to go back and re-organize her documents as well as paying the Shs20 million and present the receipt to the Commission.
Nancy Kalembe was born to the late former LC-V chairman of Iganga distric George Patrick Bageya and Aida Cissy Kubaaza.
She went to St Mary’s College Namagunga for O-Level and Mariam High School for A-Level. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in population studies from Makerere University in 2007.
In 2003, she joined the Miss Uganda contest and although she did not emerge winner, she was voted Miss Intelligence, earning her a job with Sanyu FM. On January 8, 2008, she joined the Apprentice Africa, the African version of the American reality TV show, The Apprentice, hosted by Donald Trump. She emerged sixth out of the 16 finalists, winning a working slot at PHP Bank in Nigeria.
Kalembe returned to Uganda in 2009 and worked with Orient Bank until she resigned in 2010 to fully concentrate on her businesses.
She is the founder of Spring Clean, a cleaning company, and Mbalimbali Ltd, a pineapple juice and jam-producing company based in Nakawa. Before reaching these heights, Kalembe, 34, tasted the varied waters of employment. She worked as a news anchor at the then Uganda Television (UTV).
She was the account manager for Uganda Telecom (UTL) and account holder for Nation Media Group at Lowe Scanad advertising agency, and sales and promotions executive at Sanyu FM.
