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 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before apparently fleeing to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) while on bail.[8] The treason charges were withdrawn in February 2014, with proceedings transferred to a court martial.[9] He was reported to have been arrested in the DRC in November 2013, but accorded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]
