Janet Wesonga

Janet Wesonga , née Tingu (born c.1928) is a Ugandan former local politician. As mayor of Mbale, she was Uganda's first African woman mayor. An Anglican, she also served on the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches.

Quotes

• One time, I went to the central marke.you do not even want to buy anything. Flies all over. People are dumping things all over
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• I did not have had time. People respected people those days. When I say something, all councilors would listen… that was the same case with the town clerk, town engineer and health officer. If I told him there a potholes in Namakweke, he would go and see for himself, since he then had to make a report by evening
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