Oulanya submits interest forms for speaker job

Commissioner NRM Electoral Commission Jane Alisemera (L) with one of the secretaries Rachael Nayinga (2ndL) receive interest forms from Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah (R) for the post of speaker of the 10th Parliament at NRM EC Headquarters. PHOTO BY JOSEPH KIGGUNDU 

Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanya has submitted his interest forms for the post of Speaker of the 10th Parliament to the ruling National Resistance Movemnet (NRM) Electoral Commission (EC), a day after his contender speaker Rebecca Kadaga submitted hers for the same post.

Oulanyah on Wednesday submitted his papers to the party EC which will in turn submit them party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) for approval.
He however declined to speak to the press, saying this would amount to campaigning, contrary to NRM party rules.
This follows a directive from the party electoral commission Chairman Tanga Odoi in which he said NRM legislators interested in either the Speaker or Deputy Speaker positions will have to submit their letters of expression to him by Friday.

Sources that attended the ruling NRM’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting at State House Entebbe said Mr Museveni was not happy that his name was being used by the duo as a jockeying tool in the bid to convince MPs over who is fit to occupy the country’s third most coveted office.
Mr Museveni told the meeting that he would not engage in the business of hand-picking leaders for the NRM to front for national positions, using the analogy of the Kenya African National Union (Kanu), which he said collapsed because of ring-fencing positions.