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By Mulengera Reporters Moments after the newly reappointed LoP Joel Senyonyi had thanked the new Speaker Jacob Oboth-Oboth for insisting that the Clerk to Parliament prepares a status report on the stalled expansion project of Parliament within two weeks, it was proclaimed that MPs recognize the fact that one of their own Matia Kasaija had on Thursday clocked 82 years. …

Kampala, Uganda — The election of Jacob Marksons Oboth Oboth as Speaker of Uganda’s 12th Parliament is being interpreted by many political observers as more than a routine parliamentary transition. For some, it represents a carefully calibrated consolidation of power within the ruling establishment. For others, it reflects a familiar cycle in Uganda’s politics where loyalty, timing, and silence often …

Kampala– After days without hearing from her, the former Speaker and Bukedea Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Annet Anita Among has sent out a message to the new Speaker of Parliament Hon. Jacob Oboth Oboth and his Deputy Thomas Tayebwa. Speaker, Hon. Markson Oboth Oboth and his Deputy Hon. Thomas Tayebwa. “I join my colleagues in congratulating Rt Hon @ObothOboth …

By Mulengera Reporters During a radio talk show on Capital Gang in the month of February, Kampala lawyer Edgar Tabaro (also a lawyer don) predicted that Uganda was going to have a new Speaker of Parliament before the end of the month of May. Referencing on history, Tabaro went on to assert that this new Speaker would be none other …

The election, presided over by Chief Justice Flavian Zeija on Monday, 25 May 2026, took place during the first sitting of the 12th Parliament at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. The sitting was attended by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Oboth was nominated by Hon. Jessica Alupo (NRM, Katakwi District) and seconded by Kibale East MP, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze Jinja South East …

Entebbe– The long wait for National Resistance Movement candidate on the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker for 12th Parliament is now over after declaring the results from the Caucus meeting. Endorsed: Hon.Markson Oboth Oboth and Hon. Thomas Tayebwa. “This evening at State House Entebbe, I met the first NRM Caucus of the 12th Parliament and welcomed the endorsement of …

Viewers: 90,003 By Spy Uganda Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement has officially settled on Jacob Oboth Oboth and Thomas Tayebwa as its preferred candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively ahead of the opening of the 12th Parliament. The decision was reached during a high-level meeting of the NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) held at State House Entebbe on …

By Aggrey BabaThe Democratic Party (DP) Deputy Treasurer, John Bosco Kamoga, has reaffirmed party president Norbert Mao’s bid for the Speakership of the 12th Parliament, insisting that no political force, including Jacob Oboth-Oboth, can stop his boss after what he described as Mao’s successful political battle against outgoing Speaker Anita Among. Speaking during a YouTube interview with Mulengera News journalist …