{"id":3355,"date":"2021-05-28T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2021-05-28T10:43:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T10:43:40","slug":"kyagulanyis-nup-appoints-mpuuga-leader-of-opposition-nambooze-segona-zaake-ssenyonyi-and-basalirwa-to-head-powerful-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/kyagulanyis-nup-appoints-mpuuga-leader-of-opposition-nambooze-segona-zaake-ssenyonyi-and-basalirwa-to-head-powerful-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"KYAGULANYI\u2019S NUP APPOINTS MPUUGA LEADER OF OPPOSITION, NAMBOOZE, SEGONA, ZAAKE ,SSENYONYI  AND BASALIRWA TO HEAD POWERFUL COMMITTEES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BY Our  Reporters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0 National Unity Platform (NUP) party led by Robert Kyagulanyi has announced the appointment of Mathias Mpuuga, the leader of Opposition in the\u00a0 11<sup>th<\/sup> parliament -which early this week elected Jacob Oulanyah and Anita Among Annet the Speaker and Deputy Speaker , respectively .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press statement ,&nbsp; the NUP leadership stated that it will take all leadership positions available to it&nbsp; and \u201cuse them to&nbsp; advance&nbsp; the struggle for&nbsp; freedom and democracy in Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As expected all the positions of leadership offered to the opposition in Parliament have been taken by NUP MPs save for&nbsp; Asuman Basalirwa &nbsp;MP for Bugiri Municipality and President of the Jeema Party who has been appointed&nbsp; Vice Chairperson Public Accounts Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other traditional parties such DP, UPC , FDC were left out -a clear indication of the deep-rooted division with in Uganda\u2019s opposition parties .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others appointed to key parliamentary positions is hitherto DP &nbsp;campaigner- Betty Nambooze who switched sides and joined NUP during the 2021 general elections. She will serve as the Chairperson of Government Assurances .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John B. Nambese &nbsp;NUP &nbsp;MP for Manjiya County will be the Opposition &nbsp;Chief Whip,&nbsp; Kyebakutika Manjeri , Deputy Chief Whip,&nbsp; Zaake Francis Butebi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioner of Parliament, Council&nbsp; Medard Lubega Segona MP for Busiro East will the chairperson of the powerful \u2013 Public Accounts Committee, Jeol B. Ssenyonyi , MP Nakawa East , Chairperson of COSACE and&nbsp;&nbsp; Lucy Akello&nbsp; woman &nbsp;MP for Amuru District will be the Deputy Chair -COSACE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others are ,Joseph Sewungu Gonza, Vice Chairperson  Government Assurances, Ojara Martin Mapenduzi chairperson Local  Government Accounts Committee,  he will be Deputized by Paulson Luttamaguzi Ssemakula, Patrick Nsamba Oshabe- Representative Pan-African Parliament , David Kalwanga Lukyamuzi-Representative Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Flavia Kalule Nabagabe-  representative Inter-Parliamentary Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the statement, signed by the NUP Secretary General,  David Lewis Rubongoya, the Party  will soon announce its shadow cabinet that will drive alternative policy agenda in the&nbsp; 11<sup>th<\/sup> Parliament. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY Our Reporters The\u00a0 National Unity Platform (NUP) party led by Robert Kyagulanyi has announced the appointment of Mathias Mpuuga,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3356,"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":[160,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mpu.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3518,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/kyagulanyis-nup-announces-shadow-cabinet-fdc-given-slots-as-dr-abed-bwanikayusuf-nsibambi-are-named-ministers\/","url_meta":{"origin":3355,"position":0},"title":"KYAGULANYI&#8217;S NUP ANNOUNCES SHADOW CABINET; FDC GIVEN SLOTS AS  Dr. ABED BWANIKA,YUSUF NSIBAMBI ARE NAMED MINISTERS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Unity Platform (NUP) , led by musician cum politician has announced its shadow cabinet naming former presidential candidate Dr. Abed Bwanika shadow Agriclture Minister and law don -Yusuf Nsibambi Minister for Works and Transport . 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