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As Speaker Jacob Oulanyah takes full charge of the Legislature, in the midst of an acrimonious vote that sent his former boss Rebecca Kadaga (Kamuli Woman) packing, the man from Omoro now faces a...
Anita Among elected deputy Speaker of Parliament Monday May 24 2021 Bukedea Woman MP Anita Among pictured during the first sitting of the 11th Parliament at Kololo Airstrip on May 24, 2021. PHOTO/ PARLIAMENT PRESS TEAM Summary Anita Among, 47, is, an accountant, a lawyer and politician, born in Bukedea District. She worked with the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and later shifted allegiance to the ruling party and voted for the removal of the presidential age limit in December 2017. Advertisement Bukedea Woman MP, Ms Anita Among has been elected Deputy Speaker of the 11th Parliament wit...
Daily Monitor Sunday May 23 2021 Muhammad Nsereko, 40, is a lawyer. He is an Independent member of Parliament who has represented the Kampala Central Division constituency since 2011. PHOTOS | FILE Advertisement Nine MPs have so far expressed interest in the office of Deputy Speaker, to replace Mr Jacob Oulanyah who vacated the seat on Wednesday and set his eyes on the Speaker position. Members of the 11th Parliament will convene at Kololo Independence Grounds tomorrow, May 24, to elect the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. The Deputy Speaker is under the Office of the Speaker. It’s the ...
How Muntu’s ANT is picking up the pieces from poll rubble Sunday April 18 2021 The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate, Gen Mugisha Muntu (C), with his supporters at Katabi Playgrounds in Entebbe during the just concluded elections. PHOTO | PAUL ADUDE Summary Turning the tide. Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) has been in existence for two years, but following a humiliating performance in the last general elections in which they didn’t secure a single parliamentary seat, Derrick Kiyonga writes of how the party is struggling to remain relevant. Ad...
March 15, 2021 Bank of Uganda governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile last week stealthily made his way into the parliament’s appointments and vetting committee to defend his re-appointment as governor of the Central Bank, with security personnel ensuring that media and the public did not even catch a glimpse of him. The 71-year-old economist has been at the helm of Bank of Uganda (BOU) since 2001 and in January, President Yoweri Museveni reappointed him as governor for the next five years pending parliament approval. Sources in the appointments committee de...