• Latest
DRC Election: FDC Accuses African Union of Applying Double Standards

Opposition Want Deputy Speaker to Sit on Parliament Commission

7 years ago
Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala Appointed New IGG

Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala Appointed New IGG

4 hours ago
Uganda, Somalia Commit to Trade, Investment and Shared Prosperity at 2nd JPC

Uganda, Somalia Commit to Trade, Investment and Shared Prosperity at 2nd JPC

7 hours ago
$700bn in 1 Room: NSSF Launches First-Ever All-Africa Pension Summit

$700bn in 1 Room: NSSF Launches First-Ever All-Africa Pension Summit

7 hours ago
Coca-Cola Scoops 3 Prestigious NOSCAR Awards in South Africa

Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda Awarded Bronze Employer of the Year

7 hours ago
Plethora of People Brave Downpour as Museveni Hails Oyam for PDM Success

Plethora of People Brave Downpour as Museveni Hails Oyam for PDM Success

9 hours ago
Makerere Reinstates Open Guild Campaigns, Restores Students’ Freedoms

Makerere Reinstates Open Guild Campaigns, Restores Students’ Freedoms

10 hours ago
SoftPower News
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
SoftPower News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Opposition Want Deputy Speaker to Sit on Parliament Commission

by Nixon Segawa
February 27, 2019
DRC Election: FDC Accuses African Union of Applying Double Standards

FDC spokesperson and Opposition chief whip in Parliament, Ibrahim Semujju Nganda.

8
VIEWS

The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Betty Aol Ochan has opposed the proposed amendments in the Administration of Parliament Bill, 2019 that seeks to cause for election of the Leader of Opposition in Parliament as well as the back bench Commissioners.

The object of the Bill that has been set before the committee is to amend the Administration of Parliament Act to increase the membership of the Commission to allow Independents represented on the Commission; to provide for the manner of choosing the back bench Members of Commission, the Leader of Opposition, the Chief Opposition Whip and party whips.

Related Stories

Uganda, Somalia Commit to Trade, Investment and Shared Prosperity at 2nd JPC

Johnnie Walker Ignites Supremacy Lounge’s Reopening With ‘Bottle Turn Up’

Otafiire to Hand Over Pan-African Movement Chairmanship After 31 Years

The Bill that has since received resistance from both sides of the House was moved by the Independent Kabale Municipality MP, Andrew Baryayanga Aja.

While appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee, Ocan said the opposition was not consulted by the proprietors of the bill despite being seconded by Busiro East MP, Medard Segona who is a member of the opposition’s shadow cabinet.

Ochan said that the bill creates double standards by only targeting electing leaders in opposition and leaving the NRM to freely appoint its leaders including the Government Chief Whip.

“The LOP is an internal affair of the party in opposition with the numerical strength,” Ochan said.

On the same note, the opposition chief whip, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda  protested the proposals in the Bill that seek to create the dean of Independent Members of Parliament. Semujju argued that each one of them came to Parliament alone and must remain so at all times.

He however proposed that the bill includes the Deputy Speaker on the Commission as a Vice Chairperson who would also chair the Commission in the absence of the Speaker.

“At the moment, the Deputy Speaker is not part of the Commission and in case the Speaker is not around the Commission will not sit,” Semujju noted.

Tags: Administration of Parliament (Amendment) BillBetty Aol OchanDeputy SpeakerNewsParliament CommissionSemujju NgandaSoft Power NewsUganda

Recent Stories

Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala Appointed New IGG

Uganda, Somalia Commit to Trade, Investment and Shared Prosperity at 2nd JPC

$700bn in 1 Room: NSSF Launches First-Ever All-Africa Pension Summit

Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda Awarded Bronze Employer of the Year

Plethora of People Brave Downpour as Museveni Hails Oyam for PDM Success

Makerere Reinstates Open Guild Campaigns, Restores Students’ Freedoms

SoftPower News Logo

SoftPower News is a subsidiary of SoftPower Communications LLC, a Ugandan digital media group. Keep posted of the latest from Uganda and East Africa.
Plot 4B Malcolm X, Kololo
P.O Box 1497, Kampala - Uganda
Tel: +256-392-001-701
Email: info@softpower.ug

This news site is licenced by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Regional
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More

© SoftPower News

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

error: Content is protected
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women

© SoftPower News

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?