Jacob Oulanyah Defeats Kadaga For Parliament Speaker Seat

May 24, 2021
Jacob Oulanya voted Speaker of 11th Parliament

Jacob Oulanya voted Speaker of 11th Parliament

Jacob Oulanyah, the Omoro County MP is the next Speaker of Parliament after he was declared winner of the elections held during the first sitting of the 11th Parliament at Kololo, Kampala on Monday.

Mr Oulanyah got 310 votes, beating Kamuli Woman MP and former Speaker, Ms Rebecca Kadaga who got 197 votes.

Defeated: Rebecca Kadaga

Kira Municipality MP, Ibrahim Ssemujju became a distant 3rd with 15 votes.

The first sitting of the 11th Parliament was chaired by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and attended by President Museveni.

L-R: Jacob Oulanya, president Museveni and Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo