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By Mulengera Reporters There was euphoria and enthusiasm as members of the 12th Parliament received their new Speaker Jacob Oboth-Oboth and showered him with love. The House was fully parked as legislators gathered for their maiden session. There was visible joy everywhere as journalists, who had been gagged, harangued and intimidated for years, freely roamed around while going about their …

× Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth is the new Speaker of Uganda’s 12th Parliament. Oboth-Oboth, who was endorsed by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, emerged as the winner after securing 441 of the 519 votes that were counted. He beat National Unity Platform’s Paul Mwiru, who got 60 votes, and Democratic Party president Norbert Mao, who got 15. Who is …

New Speaker Oboth Oboth KAMPALA, Uganda — Newly elected Speaker of Parliament Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth pledged Monday to lead a corruption-free, transparent and accountable legislature, unveiling seven key pillars to guide the 12th Parliament over the next five years. × Delivering his inaugural address shortly after taking the speaker’s chair at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, Oboth-Oboth called his election a reflection …

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. …

By Ben Musanje Newly elected Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Jackson Marksons Oboth-Oboth has signaled a major shift in the leadership and direction of Uganda’s Parliament, promising openness, accountability, and fairness to both ruling party and opposition legislators in his maiden speech as Speaker of the 12th Parliament. In an address marked by humility, religious reflection, and promises of reform, …

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 …

Viewers: 90,002 By Spy Uganda Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has publicly endorsed Defence Minister Jacob Oboth Oboth for Speaker of Parliament, dramatically escalating the battle for control of the 12th Parliament of Uganda and confirming a stunning political fallout between the powerful Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) and incumbent Speaker Anita Annet Among. In a …