People
- Ethnic groups
The indigenous tribe in the district are the Samia and Bagwe with many clans, including:
- Balanda and bamakoya
- Balyali and badandu
- Banyanga
- Banyideti
- Bataabona
- Bakamondo
- Balucha
- Balundu
- Baleke
- Bahanja
- Bakangala
- Bamanyi
- Bakemo
- Bafuta
- Bakombe
- Balindo
- Balumbi
- Bamulimba
- Basinywa
- Bahumachi
- Basyakhuba
- Bamwaya
- Bahauli
- Badira
- Banyihodo
- Bahunja
- Bachaki
- Batabona
- Bamayindi
- Basibwohi
- Bayengere
- Bajjabi
- Bayayi
- Bakiroya
- Banyanga
- Badde
- Bakooli
- Bahunne
- Basikho
- Bakomolo
- Bayiye
- Baseera
- Basimaama
- Baherebura
- Bakiroya
- Banyihodo
- Bamakwa
- Benjamin Joseph Odoki - Chief Justice of Uganda
- James Munange Ogoola - Principal Judge of Uganda
- Aggrey Awori Siryoyi - Former Uganda Minister of Information Technology (2009 - 2011)
- Simon Mayende, former minister of state for Higher Education
- Gabriel Opio - Former Minister of Gender, Culture and Labour (2009 - 2011)
- Alikipo Ochunju Ouma-late Judge of the High court and first lawyer from Samia
- Samson Were - First Chief of Samia-Bugwe (Late)
- D. Kwoba-Abungu - Principle Private Secretary to President Obote (Late)
- Professor Patrick Mangheni - Renowned Ugandan Mathematician
- Fred Wabwire-Mangen - Professor of Epidemiology, Makerere University School of Public Health
- James Aryada, the first Samia and only Ugandan to ever obtain a first class mathematics degree from Oxford University.
- Moses Mapesa Wafula - Executive Director, Uganda Wildlife Authority
- John Wejuli Wafula - Managing Director and CEO, Uganda Clays Limited
- Alex Wejuli - Former CEO of Nile Breweries, Uganda Grain Milling, Nytil (U) Ltd and Rep. of Busia in the CA (1991)
- Amos Dayan Ngolobe - Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions
- Chango Macho W'Obanda - Senior Presidential Adviser
- Raphael Bwire Ouma -Long Serving HeadMaster at Old Kampala SSS, St.Peter's SSS Nsambya and Kalinaabiri and National Footballer
- Philip Were Mangeni - Former Commissioner, Ministry of Finance and aspiring District Chairman
- Dr. George William Nasinyama - Deputy Director, School of Graduate Studies, Makerere University
- Denis Masinde Onyango - Ugandan International Football goalkeeper. Played for Uganda Cranes and plies trade in South Africa
- Charles Wandera Nalyaali - Founder of Uganda Microfinance, now Equity Bank Uganda
- Major General Francis Nyangweso(1939–2011) - Former military officer, champion boxer and member of the International Olympic Committee. Served at one time as Chief of Staff of the Ugandan Armed Forces and Minister of Defense in the 1970s.
- Barbara Oundo Nekesa - Current State Minister for Karamoja Affairs & Busia District Women's Representative in Parliament (2011 - Present).
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