When her term ended in 2021 Museveni campaigned for her former deputy Jacob Oulanyah to succeed her...
The newly elected Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah once an ardent critic of President Museveni and his deputy Anita Among herself a member of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change until recently are said to be at the centre of the negotiations (AC Vol 62 No 11 Cracks in the ruling party)...
Elsewhere former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga becomes 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs a move which defuses a row between Kadaga and her deputy Jacob Oulanyah over the speakership (AC Vol 62 No 11 Cracks in the ruling party)...
In the clearest sign of what is at stake the race for Speaker of Parliament is causing rifts in the party between supporters of the incumbent Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy Jacob Oulanyah who is challenging her...
There is intense rivalry between Kadaga and her deputy Jacob Oulanyah who defected from the Uganda People's Congress to the NRM in 2006 and wants to prove his loyalty to the party...
' The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob L'Okori Oulanyah agreed that this was getting worse with every election and that 'sanity' needed to be 'restored in that domain'...