Jacob Oulanyah

Oulanyah tells young leaders to focus on solving global challenges

Oulanyah tells young leaders to focus on solving global challenges

Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has told young leaders at the United Nations headquarters in New York that the world youth are the hope of the future and that the world looks at them anxiously to find solutions to global challenges. Addressing the International Young Leaders Assembly held in Washington DC, Oulanyah said that […]

Youth MPs to attend Young Leaders Assembly in Washington

Youth MPs to attend Young Leaders Assembly in Washington

Uganda’s Youth Members of Parliament are slated to attend the International Young Leaders Assembly in Washington DC, in United States later this year. According to a notice about the Assembly, the meetings organized by the Global Peace Foundation will bring together over one thousand young leaders from around the world to be held at the World […]

Speaker asks National Identification Registration Authority to remember youths

Speaker asks National Identification Registration Authority to remember youths

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called on the National Identification Registration Authority to consider taking up the youths who have been working on the ID project. Kadaga says many youths were employed as enrolment and data processors for the IDs but since the project has closed, many have nowhere to go. She further […]

Uganda Parliament honours Janan Luwuum

Uganda Parliament honours Janan Luwuum

Legislators across the political divide on Tuesday, 31st March 2015 paid tribute to the late Archbishop Janan Luwum who was murdered on 16th February 1977 during President Idi Amin’s regime. This followed a Motion moved by the Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda at a Sitting of Parliament chaired by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah. […]

Parliament calls for investigation of the recent murder cases

Parliament calls for investigation of the recent murder cases

The Member of Parliament for Butambala County  Muwanga Kivumbi has demanded for a detailed investigative report of the recent killings of prominent personalities and Muslim clerics. This follows the tragic murder of the Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, Joan Kagezi who was gunned down in Kiwatule, a Kampala surburb. Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi said the […]

Oldest serving politician in Uganda Philemon Mateke sworn in at Parliament

Oldest serving politician in Uganda Philemon Mateke sworn in at Parliament

The Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah today, presided over the administration of the oath of allegiance taken by the oldest serving politician in Uganda at the moment and the new Minister of State for Regional Cooperation Philemon Mateke. Mateke took the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Member of Parliament to the post […]

Parliament insists on kicking out experienced journalists

Parliament insists on kicking out experienced journalists

The Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige has maintained that an earlier directive to kick journalists, who have reported at the institution for more than five years out of Parliament, still stands, contrary to a decision by the Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah disregarding the same. The commission in a letter dated March 9th 2015, wrote to […]

Journalists up in arms against Parliament directive to throw out experienced reporters

Journalists up in arms against Parliament directive to throw out experienced reporters

In an unprecedented development, the Uganda Parliamentary Commission has written to various media houses asking them to withdraw reporters who have been reporting on Parliamentary Issues for more than five years from being stationed at Parliament and replace them with the less experienced reporters. That sounds like a joke right but in a letter signed […]

John Nasasira defends Jacob Oulanyah over NRM caucus meeting

Government chief whip, John Nasasira has defended the deputy speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah for attending the ruling party tour in west and central regions and a retreat at state house Entebbe. Nasasira told a press conference that it was appropriate for Aulanyah to attend the meetings which were aimed at touring modern farmers and […]

Jacob Oulanyah under fire for attending NRM caucus meeting

Opposition MPS have threatened to move a motion on the floor of Parliament to Censure the Deputy Speaker Hon Jacob Oulanyah for attending the retreat of NRM although he belongs to the ruling party which is against the Rules of Procedure that Govern Parliament. Addressing a press Conference at Parliament the Leader of Opposition Hon […]