{"id":28572,"date":"2022-03-25T18:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T18:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=28572"},"modified":"2022-03-25T17:00:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:00:49","slug":"nrms-anita-among-beats-oppositions-basalirwa-to-become-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-anita-among-beats-oppositions-basalirwa-to-become-speaker","title":{"rendered":"NRM&#8217;s Anita Among beats Opposition&#8217;s Basalirwa to become Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Bukedea District Woman MP Anita Annet Among on Friday wrote history, becoming Uganda\u2019s second female post-independence Parliament Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Below the sunrays of the blue skies at the monumental Kololo Independence Grounds, at least 468 parliamentarians voted under President Museveni\u2019s watch as the accountant recorded an emphatic victory over an Opposition-backed candidate, Asuman Basalirwa.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s rather calm poll recorded one invalid ballot as ruling NRM party candidate, Among, swept away with 401 votes of the lawmakers that polled. Basalirwa obtained 66 votes in the election constitutionally falling quickly- even as the nation grieved Oulanyah\u2019s death after a cancer battle.<\/p>\n<p>Both contestants observed that the election was &#8220;democratic&#8221; and had earlier expressed ambitions of \u201cuniting a divided 11th House and nation\u201d in accepting nomination to stand for the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will strive to ensure equitable debate and service delivery. A better Uganda is good for everyone. I will be a speaker for Uganda,\u201d Speaker-elect Among emphasized in her acceptance speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process has been open, free, transparent and democratic unlike other processes known in this country,\u201d Basalirwa told a gathering of close to 1,000 people at a special plenary sitting presided over by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo in Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>The NRM has always translated its majority presence in parliament into votes. Uganda&#8217;s legislative arm comprises about 519 elected MPs with over 330 of these as NRM conformists.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of filling this story, voting was complete and the deputy speaker position was officially declared vacant as Among took oath of her new office.<\/p>\n<p>Among\u2019s running mate, Thomas Tayebwa, later defeated joint opposition candidate Okot Bitek who is son to an internationally recognized Ugandan poet, Okot p\u2019Bitek.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s nine-month Chief-whip, Tayebwa, won with 379 votes against Bitek&#8217;s 82- to replace a woman who has served for the same period as deputy speaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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