Derek Draper

**Derek William Draper** (15 Ogwomunaana  1967 – 3 Ogwolubereberye 2024) yali Mungereza omuyimbi  eyali alwanirira ebyobufuzi era omusawo w'eby'omwoyo.

Nga omuwabuzi mu byobufuzi, yali mu mivuyo egyali mu by'obufuzi : " Lobbygate " mu 1998, n'endala mu 2009 ng'akyali muwandiisi w'omukutu gwa LabourList . Yawandiika ebitabo bibiri, *Blair’s 100 Days* ne *Life Support* .

Draper yafulumira ku mitwe gy'amawulire mu Gwokusatu gwa 2020 bwe yakwatibwa COVID-19 mu nnaku ezaasooka ez'ekirwadde kya COVID-19 e Bungereza, era n'alwala nnyo nga COVID yamukwata okumala ebbanga ; yamala omwaka mulamba n’okusoba mu ddwaaliro era nga yeeyongera okwetaaga okulabirirwa essaawa yonna ng’asiibuddwa. Yaddayo mu ddwaaliro ng’alina ebizibu eby’amaanyi mu Gwekkumineebiri 2023, mu kiseera ekyo omutima gwe gw'asirika okumala ebbanga era n’afa nga 3 Ogwolubereberye 2024.

## Obuto bwe
Derek William Draper yazaalibwa mu Chorley nga 15 Ogwomunaana 1967.  Yasomerako mu Southlands High School okutuuka mu 1984. Oluvannyuma yasomerako mu Runshaw College e Leyland ne University of Manchester . Nga ali ku yunivasite, Draper yayamba naayaniriza Ken Livingstone, eyali ayitiddwako eggaali y’omukka oluvannyuma lw’olukiiko lwa Labour Club. Kigambibwa nti Livingstone yeewuunya okusanga ekipande ekinene eky’omumyuka w’omukulembeze wa Labour, Roy Hattersley nga kitimbiddwa mu kisenge kya Draper eky’abayizi.  Mu kiseera kino, mwe yasookera kusisinkana Charlotte Raven era oluvannyuma n’amwagala. 

## Omulimu gwe
Draper yatandika emirimu gye egy’ebyobufuzi mu 1990, bwe yafuuka omuwandiisi w’ekitundu kya Nick Brown . Mu 1992, yava ku mulimu guno n’agenda okukola ng’omunoonyereza w’omubaka wa Hartlepool, Peter Mandelson . Mu 1996, yafuuka dayirekita wa kkampuni ekola ku by’okusakira abantu eyali eyitibwa GPC Market Access, era n’akozesebwamu  okutuusa ku ntandikwa ya 1999. Bwe yali akola mu GPC Market Access, yatandikawo ekibiina kya New Labour ekya Progress ne Liam Byrne .  Mu myaka gya 1990 nga gigenda okuggwaako, Draper yakola nga Political Editor wa *[[:en:Modern_Review_(London)|Modern Review]]*, okumala akaseera katono yali muwandiisi wa miko mu *[[:en:Daily_Express|Daily Express]]*, era nga muweereza ne ku Talk Radio UK . 

Yalabwanga nga ng'akolagana nnyo ne Mandelson, era ng'omuntu ow'omunda mu pulojekiti ya New Labour, bannamawulire b'ebyobufuzi baamutunuulira ng'amanyi abantu ab'amaanyi, ow'amaanyi, ow'embala era ow'omukwano, era n'ayitibwa "Dolly" mu bitundu by'e Westminster .  

### Lobbygate
Mu 1998, bwe yali akyakola nga dayirekita ku GPC Market Access, Draper yakwatibwa ku lutambi, nga Jonathan Mendelsohn, yeewaanira eri Greg Palast (omusasi ow’ekyama okuva mu *The Observer* eyeefuula omusuubuzi) ku ngeri gye bayinza okutunda olukusa eri baminisita ba gavumenti n’okutondawo okukendeeza ku musolo eri bakasitoma baabwe.  Bannamawulire bwe baakwata emboozi eno, ne bagituuma "Lobbygate".  Ku likodi, Draper yagamba nti "waliwo abantu 17 ababala mu gavumenti eno ... [okugamba nti ndi wa mukwano ne buli omu ku bo kwe kunyooma ekyasa."  Palast era yawandiika nti Draper yagamba, ku bikwata ku kimukubiriza nti: "Njagala kusiba akawunti yange mu bbanka ku pawundi 250 buli ssaawa."  Okusinziira ku Palast, "Draper teyalina kintu kirala okuggyako omulenzi omubaka, factotum, purveyor, omuwandiisi eyeeyagala, asusse okuwunya."  Wadde nga yeegaana ebimwogerwako era n’alumiriza *The Observer* okugezaako okumutega, yasekererwa nnyo oluvannyuma lw’ebyo.  Oluvannyuma Palast yawandiika nti emikutu gy'amawulire egyaddirira gyali gisukkiridde okussa essira ku kifo ky'abakulembeze abakulembeze mu mboozi eno ku muwendo gwa New Labour "okugoberera ennyo omukwano gwa bakapiteeni b'amakolero n'emikutu gy'amawulire ... okukyusakyusa amateeka n'empisa okusobola okufuna okukkirizibwa kw'abakulu bano ab'ebitongole".