{"id":3269,"date":"2021-05-18T11:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T11:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2021-05-18T11:48:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T11:48:32","slug":"nrms-cec-to-send-two-names-for-its-parliamentary-caucus-to-elect-speaker-of-11th-parliament-as-kadaga-is-sworn-as-kamuli-woman-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nrms-cec-to-send-two-names-for-its-parliamentary-caucus-to-elect-speaker-of-11th-parliament-as-kadaga-is-sworn-as-kamuli-woman-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"NRM\u2019s CEC TO SEND  TWO NAMES  FOR IT\u2019S PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS TO ELECT  SPEAKER OF 11th PARLIAMENT ,AS KADAGA IS SWORN AS KAMULI WOMAN MP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>NRM party caucus to determine next Speaker<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Speaker to be elected at Kololo grounds on May 24<sup>th<\/sup>,2021 <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The NRM Central Executive Committee&nbsp; (CEC) has resolved to send two names to its parliamentary caucus to elect the Speaker of the 11<sup>th<\/sup> Parliament .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NRM CEC which sat at State House Entebbe and Chaired by President Yoweri Museveni who is also the party Chairman resolved to recommend two names to contest for the position of Speaker of Parliament .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEC will also&nbsp; vet candidates vying for&nbsp; the position of Deputy Speaker and they will come up with another two names they will forward to the caucus for elections- slated to be held on May 24<sup>th<\/sup> ,at Kololo Independence grounds .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly , CEC asked its party members interested in contesting for the position of Speaker of Parliament and deputy Speaker to express their interest in writing to the party\u2019s electoral commission. It\u2019s from those who will express &nbsp;interest by May 21 -that CEC will convene and pick the best candidate for each of the positions to be presented before the caucus that is slated to &nbsp;meet on May 23 a day before the elections are held .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is expected that the two NRM candidates for the position of Speaker will be , Kamuli Woman MP,&nbsp; Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga and Jacob Oulanyah the MP for &nbsp;Omoro county plus opposition candidate ,Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda the MP for Kira Municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least a total of&nbsp; 529 Members of Parliament will elect the next speaker .The ruling NRM party commands&nbsp; a solid majority with over 400 MPs who were elected on the party\u2019s ticket and other independent MPs but who associate with the NRM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition MPs have promised to vote as a bloc for a Speaker they believe will be \u201cbalanced and fair \u201c in the conduct of parliamentary business and taking the interests of the people of Uganda as a top priority .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After swearing&nbsp; today morning , Ms Rebecca Kadaga&nbsp; said her next step after swearing in as Kamuli Woman Member of Parliament will be to put in her notice for speakership for the 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Parliament. \u201cThe next step is to put in my notice for the speakership,\u201d the outgoing speaker told journalists during MPs\u2019 swearing in ceremony at Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also said she plans to embark on fulfilling pledges she made to her constituents during campaigns. \u201cThere are many things we agreed to do. There are things they told &nbsp;me during the campaigns, including increasing the number of technical schools in the district, water issues. I\u2019m also supposed to ensure there is solar lighting, especially at the trading centers in the district and also improve on girl child education,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRM party caucus to determine next Speaker Speaker to be elected at Kololo grounds on May 24th,2021 The NRM Central<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-politics-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kada.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5325,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/tayebwa-41-eying-deputy-speaker-slot-as-among-is-endrsed-for-speakership-by-nrm-cec\/","url_meta":{"origin":3269,"position":0},"title":"TAYEBWA (41) EYING DEPUTY SPEAKER SLOT AS AMONG IS ENDRSED FOR SPEAKERSHIP BY NRM CEC","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"March 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Thomas Tayebwa might become the youngest Deputy Speaker of Parliament at the age of 41 if the NRM Parliamentary Caucus endorses him for the top job . 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