Florence Namayanja (born 4 October 1960) is a female Ugandan politician who was district woman representative of Bukoto County East, Masaka District. She was affiliated to the Democratic Party political party and now affiliated to National Unity Platform. In the 11th Parliament, she stood as the Candidate for LC5 Chairperson for Masaka City under the National Unity Platform although she lost the elections.[5] She was the winner of Masaka city mayoral seat after defeating seven candidates including business tycoon, Emmanuel Lwasa with 28,824 votes.

Namayanja was born to the late John Kisomose Mukasa and Pirajiya Namatove and she is fifth born in a family of eight children. In 1978,she attained her Uganda Certificate of Education from Masaka S.S.S. and after joined Makerere Day and Evening Classes for Adults for her Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education and she completed it in 2003. She holds a Certificate in Human Resource Management in Local Governments (2004) and a Certificate in Leadership and Management (2005) from Uganda Management Institute.[1] In 2007, she joined Makerere University for her bachelor's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. In the same year (2007), she was awarded a Certificate in Building Communities of Character from Character Training Institute, Oklahoma.