Faridah Nakazibwe Revives 2019 Feud with Minister Nameere Amid Fresh Defamation Suit Against Coffee Supplier

What the report says

Watchdog Uganda reports that media personality Faridah Nakazibwe has publicly revisited her past dispute with Justine Nameere, now State Minister for Local Government, while commenting on a new defamation row involving a Masaka-based coffee supplier. According to the outlet, Nakazibwe posted on X after reports that Nameere was pursuing legal action against Cissy Nanyange, who had alleged in a viral video that the minister owed her Shs150 million for coffee seedlings supplied during campaigns.

Nakazibwe, a former NTV Uganda news anchor and operator of Nanaville 24-hr Baby Care Centre, linked the matter to a 2019 defamation case Nameere filed against her after an earlier public fallout. Watchdog Uganda says Nakazibwe claimed the case did not proceed through mediation because Nameere and her lawyer did not attend, and that she never received a court ruling despite later public claims about the matter. The report says the earlier suit had sought Shs500 million in damages and a public apology, and that court records showed it stalled after mediation failed.

The article adds that Nameere has denied personal responsibility in the coffee dispute, saying the alleged debt concerns local NRM party officials rather than her office directly. Watchdog Uganda reported that neither Nameere nor her representatives had responded to Nakazibwe’s latest comments by publication time.

The story matters because it connects a current political and legal controversy involving a government minister with an older media feud, while highlighting how defamation threats are being debated in Uganda’s public and social media space.