Back ground
Efrance Kenyonyozi Atwongyere is the first female LCV Chairperson (District Chairperson) for Kitagwenda District in Uganda.
Election: She was elected unopposed in after winning the 2025 NRM primary elections, becoming not only the first female LC5 Chairperson Kitagwenda but also the first in the entire Toro sub-region.
Background: In the 2025 National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries, she defeated four other male and one female contenders, including the incumbent Ismail Mushemeza Kambanda. She later ran unopposed in the 2026 general elections.
Tenure: She will assume office in May 2026, succeeding Ismail Mushemeza.
Impact: Efrance has been credited with the zeal to fight corruption that has crippled services in Kitagwenda, focusing on unity and service delivery, improving education and household income.
Kenyonyonyozi, a teacher by professional is an experienced leader who served as the district councillor greater Ntara from 2011-2021 when contested for the woman MP but.
She service as the secretary for community based services in greater Kamwenge from 2011-2016.