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Kampala, Uganda
Ugandan legislators will today go to polls to vote the Speaker and the Deputy respectively.
Anita Among Annet for Speakership on the NRM ticket.
NRM endorsed Anita Among Annet for Speakership and Thomas Tayebwa for Deputy Speaker.
The Opposition Members of Parliament last endorsed Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa, and Kioga County MP Moses Okot Bitek, for the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.
This was during their caucus meeting on Thursday chaired by the Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga at the Parliamentary Conference Hall.
Asuman Basalirwa for Speakership on the Opposition ticket.
Basalirwa got 49 votes against Erute South MP, Odur Jonathan’s 20 votes. Bitek was unanimously fronted by the Opposition MPs after Kampala Woman MP Shamim Malende stepped down.
This process follows the death of Speaker Jacob Oulanyah who died on Sunday at a Seattle hospital in the United States of America.
Basalirwa and Bitek will contest against the NRM candidates Anita Among and Thomas Tayebwa respectively.
Basalirwa asked the 109 Opposition MPs to turn up in their numbers and vote for the opposition candidates. He also appealed to his colleagues to mobilize across the different political parties saying that they have whatever it takes to win the election.