{"id":28624,"date":"2022-03-26T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T12:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/among-promises-fairness-after-taking-landslide-win"},"modified":"2022-03-26T12:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T12:34:58","slug":"among-promises-fairness-after-taking-landslide-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/among-promises-fairness-after-taking-landslide-win","title":{"rendered":"Among promises fairness after taking landslide win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Ms Anita Among (Bukedea District Woman MP) yesterday took a landslide victory over her sole rival, Mr Asumani Basalirwa (Bugiri Municipality) in a lopsided Speakership race at Kololo Independence Grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Among garnered 401 votes against Mr Basalirwa\u2019s 66 votes, with\u2014remarkably\u2014one invalid vote for Thomas Tayebwa.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tayebwa also trounced Mr Moses Okot Bitek of Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) after polling 379 votes against Mr Okto\u2019s 82 votes, completing the ritual of installing NRM party in the office until the end of the 11th Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Both Ms Among and Mr Tayebwa are former FDC members, who have since found comfort in the ruling NRM government.<\/p>\n<p>The 529-strong 11th Parliament has 336 NRM legislators, and 109 who outrightly identify as Opposition. The independents total 74, with a further 10 army representatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Portrait of Uganda\u2019s 2nd madam Speaker<\/p>\n<p>While not all legislators turned up for the elections, an Opposition-fronted candidate still failed to breach the 100-vote mark in either contest.<\/p>\n<p>This was despite them having\u2014at least on paper\u2014the numbers to do so. Observers say this speaks to the fact that problems besetting the Opposition are deep-seated.<\/p>\n<p>The National Unity Platform (NUP)\u2014the leading Opposition party in the House, with 57 legislators\u2014did not field any candidate. It instead supported Mr Basalirwa (JEEMA) and Mr Okot (FDC)\u2019s campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>By 10am, the time Parliament should have convened, more than 300 legislators had arrived, ready to cast their votes.<\/p>\n<p>However, Parliament did not convene until midday when President Museveni arrived.<\/p>\n<p>When voting finally started, the count of registered legislators stood at 399 members.<\/p>\n<p>However, several other legislators who arrived late were allowed to vote, bringing the total number to 468 out of a possible 529 (a voter turnout of 88 percent).<\/p>\n<p>The ritual of installing Ms Among ended at 3pm with her swearing-in.<\/p>\n<p>At Kololo, Mr Basalirwa was gracious in defeat\u2014even pledging to work with Ms Among. He said \u201cthe process\u2014unlike other processes\u2014has been free, fair and transparent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Anita Among mastered my teachings &#8211; Museveni<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI thank everyone for this democratic process. If you think I am of help and my wisdom is needed, I am available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dolo thanked Mr Basalirwa for his maturity in conceding defeat.<\/p>\n<p>President Museveni (centre) with new Speaker of Parliament Anita Among (left) and her deputy Thomas Tayebwa after their election at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO \/ DAVID LUBOWA.<\/p>\n<p>He told Ms Among that she is \u201cnot a Speaker of a section of the legislators, but the Speaker of the entire Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that there must be harmony between the three arms of the government.<\/p>\n<p>He said without mutual support, the situation can never be accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo arm of government can do without the other two. Speaking as the head of the Judiciary, I would like to assure the MPs that we shall seriously guard the independence so that we can take this country forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In her acceptance speech, Ms Among said the country lost a mentor, a leader and a patriot in fallen Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is a day of mixed emotions, a day when we continue to mourn our fallen leader, and yet the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda demands us to respect it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI never envisioned [this day] would have happened because for next five or 10 years, I would have been the Deputy Speaker and I would have had a stronger mentor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>DON&#8217;T MISS:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>NRM&#8217;s Anita Among beats Opposition&#8217;s Basalirwa to become Speaker<\/p>\n<p>She promised to make the 11th Parliament a people-centred Parliament where debates will be based on research, reason and voices, not hearsay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also alive to the fact that the House is made of different representation and I will make sure I give chance to everybody,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will support you all the members of Parliament to remain in your constituency for the next periods,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Thomas Tayebwa, the new Deputy Speaker, told MPs that he is prepared for the task ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tayebwa also apologised to the people of northern Uganda for unsavoury statements made by people from other regions when Oulanyah was declared dead last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><b>[email protected]<\/b><\/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. Ms Anita Among (Bukedea District Woman MP) yesterday took a landslide victory over her sole rival, Mr Asumani Basalirwa (Bugiri Municipality) in a lopsided Speakership race at Kololo Independence Grounds. Ms Among garnered 401 votes against Mr Basalirwa\u2019s 66 votes, with\u2014remarkably\u2014one invalid vote for Thomas Tayebwa. 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