The\nSpeaker, Rebecca Kadaga is still concerned about the low numbers and what she\ntermed as unfair representation of women in higher political offices in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kadaga\nsaid this on Monday, 13 May 2019 in Kamuli Municipality at a thanksgiving\nceremony organized to welcome her back from the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi\nwhere she was admitted recently. \u201cWhen I was in hospital, I was worried because\nwhen you look through the hierarchy of Uganda, among the first 50 people, I am\nthe only woman. Who would speak for my\nwomen? Who would speak for the Basoga and the people of Uganda,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kadaga\nsaid that God may have given her more time, \u2018finish the work he sent me to do\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kadaga\nthanked the people of Kamuli for praying for her while she was in hospital\nenabling her to return better and healed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople\nsaid a lot about me that I could no longer walk, that my back was broken, that\nI was airlifted to Spain; I want to thank the people who refuted such claims\nand defended me in such hard times,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nState minister for Karamoja Affairs, Hon Moses Kizige thanked the religious\nleaders for the great work they did in praying for the Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nsaid the whole Busoga was united for the cause of praying for Kadaga and\nthanked God that he heard their prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\ncalled on the people of Busoga to endorse Kadaga as a sole candidate in the\nnext elections as a gift for what she has done for Kamuli and the entire\nBusoga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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