Jacob Oulanyah is the new Speaker of Parliament after getting the highest number of votes today. He polled 390 votes against 197 votes for Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, the outgoing Speaker. Hon. Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda polled a distant 15 votes. The ruling party National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s top organ, the Central Executive Committee (CEC) picked Deputy Speaker Jacob L. Oulanyah as their party’s candidate for Speaker in the 11th Parliament. In what was a shock for many, Oulanyah was picked over Kadaga who Speaker has been for the last ten years and has been Deputy Speaker before that. But who is…
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