Six people have expressed interest in vying for the Omoro County parliamentary seat in Omoro district. The seat fell vacant following the death of former legislator and Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah on March 20, 2022, in Seattle in the United States of America. Last week, the Electoral Commission set May 26, 2022, as…
President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that former Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon. Jacob Oulanyah was a uniting man for whole of Northern Uganda. Museveni said despite dying young, Oulanyah made his mark in nation building. “He was young, but he had already made impact; we in NRM first dealt with him when he was in…
Government of Uganda has finally released the Shs1.2 billion cash meant for the burial arrangements of former Speaker Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah. The development was confirmed by Mr. Chris Obore, the Director of Communication and Public Affairs at Parliament in a Monday evening statement on his twitter account “I can now confirm that the Finance Ministry…
The Speaker of East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Martin Ngoga has eulogized former Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, describing him as, ‘a great leader who had a great potential’. “At the age of 56, his political potential as a citizen and a leader has been cut short but in the short time he lived, he achieved a…
The former Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga is tomorrow, Tuesday, going to declare her interest to resume her coveted seat. We’ve learnt that a number of Members of Parliament converged at Kadaga’s home in Muyenga on Monday evening to decide on the position left vacant by the passing of Jacob Oulanyah. The meeting resolved…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among has stepped down her position and is set to be nominated for the position of the Speaker of Parliament at the National Resistance Movement electoral commission headquarters on Tuesday at 11:00am. The Capital Times have learnt that Among, who has served as the Deputy Speaker for 9…
The Speaker of Parliament of Uganda, Rt.Hon Jacob Oulanya has died, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has confirmed. General Museveni announced in a tweet that on Sunday morning he got news about Oulanyah’s death at 10.30am. “Countrymen and Countrywomen. It is with a lot of sadness that I announce the death of the Rt. Hon. Jacob…
Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah is a Ugandan agricultural economist, lawyer and politician, who servers as the Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda (2021 – to date). He was elected to that position on 24 May 2021, after defeating the former Speaker Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Ugandan parliament, from May…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has revealed that its indeed true Speaker Jacob Oulanyah is sick. Among informed the House on Tuesday that Oulanyah has been unwell for the last two weeks. Without disclosing what her boss is really suffering from, Among added that he was flown out of country last week to…
The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has been quietly flown to Seattle, United States of America for specialized treatment. Oulanyah was flown out in the wee hours of Thursday, February 3, 2021, after discharge from Mulago National Referral Hospital where he had been admitted. He was flown aboard the Uganda Airlines’ Airbus A330-800 neo, with registration…
