JACOB OULANYAH: The boy from Omoro, Gulu, who is now Speaker of Parliament

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 pa