Deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya has assured supporters that he is the eligible Member of Parliament for Omoro County following the electoral commission, gazzeting him for the 10th parliament. Oulanya made this assurance at the NRM electoral commission offices at plot 13 Kyadondo where he had gone to officially express interest inthe position of speaker of parliament as NRM candidate.
When he was asked by journalists why he was leaving the post of deputy speaker to speaker, Oulanya said that he wants the position of speaker because it was vacant. Meanwhile the NRM electoral commission boss Dr Tanga Odoi says that the electoral process will be done openly and his commission will enter negotiations with any candidate.