The first parliament sitting will be held next week, according to a letter seen by this website.
In the letter written by President Yoweri Museveni’s Principal Private Secretary, Kenneth Omona, to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, the meeting will be held on 24th May at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala.
New lawmakers are expected to be sworn-in from 17th – 20th May 2021.
Details of what will take place are still scanty but sources say the next Speaker of the house will be voted for on the day.
The hotly contested race is between Speaker Kadaga and her Deputy, Jacob Oulanyah. Kadaga has been speaker for ten years and Oulanyah feels she has served her time.
Last week, Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda wrote to Kadaga on behalf of the Executive, requesting her to convene an urgent Parliamentary Commission meeting to postpone the election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
In his letter, Rugunda wants elections to be pushed to after 21st May, to allow parties with representatives in parliament more time to caucus on the persons they want to front.
The constitution provides that the President shall appoint a date and place of the new parliament after seven days after of expiry of the old parliament.
