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By Mulengera Reporters Kilak County MP Gilbert Olanya says that the outcome of the Speakership vote at Kololo made Monday 25th May to be one of the happiest days of his life. He says he couldn’t believe his eyes seeing Oboth-Oboth taking oath, which marked the end of dreaded Anita Among’s reign at the helm of the legislature.   He …

By Mulengera Reporters As MPs voted the new Speaker of Parliament, one of them indicated ‘Oboth-Tayebwa’ and the Chief Justice Flavian Zeija, who presided over the exercise at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, declared that an invalid vote. This displeased President Museveni, who in a subsequent speech, protested this apparent voter suppression because, in his view, that voter’s intention was very clear. …

Laroo-Pece Division MP and former Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Norbert Mao has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni for permission to appear before the ruling National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) Central Executive Committee (CEC) as he intensifies his bid for the speaker of parliament position.The highly anticipated CEC meeting, scheduled for Friday, May 22, 2026, is expected to shape the ruling …

By Aggrey Baba Democratic Party (DP) leader and Laroo-Pece MP Norbert Mao has mocked former Speaker Anita Annet Among over the seizure of her luxury Rolls-Royce by security operatives earlier on Monday, saying Uganda has proven that “everything is possible.” Speaking on Tuesday, May 19, during the weekly press conference at the Party headquarters, Mao appeared visibly enjoying the moment, …

Norbert Mao, one of the aspirants for the position of speaker of the 12th parliament, has backed the Patriotic League of Uganda’s (PLU) decision to withdraw support for former speaker Anita Among and deputy speaker Thomas Tayebwa.Describing the move as a “principled stand against corruption,” Mao said public confidence in parliament has significantly declined.Mao was speaking to journalists shortly after …

By Mulengera Reporters Gen MK’s endorsement of Hon Oboth-Oboth as the next Speaker of Parliament has widely been welcomed as very relieving news by thousands of Ugandans whose view is that change of leadership at Parliament was long overdue.   Gen MK, who many have since christened Gen Museveni’s co-President, has gone as far as signaling that Oboth-Oboth will have …

By Tuku-Neko Ogena Bese (Civil & Environmental Engineer, PRINCE2® Agile, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP O+M, MBA | National Executive Committee (NEC) Member | National Secretary for Workers, Entrepreneurs & Informal Sectors).                                       Sacrifice is a currency few are willing to pay in the current Uganda’s political theatre. Yet as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) contemplates whether to “sacrifice” Speaker …

By Aggrey BabaPressure is politically piling up on iron lady Anita Among and her deputy Thomas Tayebwa after Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) officially withdrew its endorsement of the two, in a move likely to see them out of speakership for the 12th Parliament. The decision, announced in a May 12, 2026 letter signed by PLU Secretary …

By Aggrey Baba  The Kampala district Regional leadership of the Democratic Party (DP) has thrown its full weight behind party president and Laroo-Pece MP-elect Norbert Mao for the position of Speaker of Parliament, leaning heavily on his past legislative record to justify the endorsement.   The declaration was made Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at the party’s headquarters on Balintuma Road …

Kyankwanzi – Hon. Nobert Mao, the President for Democratic Party (DP) and Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs has cleared the air about his presence at National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi. Minister Jeje Odongo with Hon. Nobert Mao at Kyankwanzi early this week. (Courtesy photo) This followed complaints disatisfication from both members of National Resistance Movement (NRM) and opposition …