Addressing members of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Millennium Development Goals, kagada said the spraying DDT would be more effective in fighting malaria than the Treated Insecticide treated mosquito nets.

Giving her own experience Kadaga said that even with a mosquito net at home, someone can be subjected to a mosquito bite outside their bed or during day time which can cause malaria.

Kadaga noted that all government departments and concerned parties take a decision to start spraying DDT as the best solution to stop malaria infections.

Meanwhile Kadaga stressed the need for increased health budget to ensure health facilities are closer to the people especially in the rural areas in order to realize the health related Millennium Development Goals.

She says failure to access health facilities by mothers contributes to the high child and maternal mortality which need to be addressed.

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Aruu County MP, Odonga Otto

The two are candidates for the two positions but say that they need special attention since they are opposition MPs. They say that since the chief justice will be the presiding officer he should follow the rules.

They say that he should allow nominations of all interested candidates then consider the use of secret voting and allocate each candidate adequate time to campaign and seek consent of the members of parliament as provided for under rule 4 of Parliament.

Mafabi will be standing with Rabecca Kadaga of NRM while Odonga will be contesting with Jacob Oalanya of NRM.

Otto also said that he is forced to start in order to see that religious sentiments are avoided. He says that it is not in order to have a protestant speaker and the deputy speaker also as a protestant.

The 375 newly sworn in Members of parliament will on Thursday have their first sitting in which they elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Parliament.

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This was revealed by the Senior PRO of Parliament Jotham Talemwa while speaking to journalists at parliament on Friday.

Rebecca Kadaga

The current Deputy speaker Rebecca Kadaga announced her intention to stand for post of the speaker in 9th parliament and the newly elected MP for Nakasongola county Peter Nyombi is interested in the post of the deputy Speaker.

The election of the speaker and the deputy will be witnessed by the Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki.

The election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker is the first business the new 9^th Parliament will begin with as Parliament cannot sit without a presiding Speaker.

Mean while the new members of parliament for 9th parliament have been limited to only five people accompanying them while are going for the swearing ceremony .

The swearing ceremony for the 9th parliament is scheduled for 16th to 18th May at parliamentary building north wing and their oath will be witnessed by the Clerk to parliament.

The senior public Relations officer with parliament Jotham Talemwa said that the number of people to accompany the mps while swearing in, is restricted because of the limited space since parliament’s parking is still under construction.

Parliament of Uganda

He confirmed that 374 MPS will be sworn in, for the 9th parliament  and he said that 122 mps will take their oath on 16th May and 252 mps will be sworn in , on 17th and 18th May .

He said that no cost is involved for the swearing in ceremony for the mps of the 9th parliament as it is with the president swearing ceremony on 12th May.

The 9th parliament will be the second multi party parliament since multiparty form of governance returned in Uganda.

By Isaac Senabulya

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