Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda

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The Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Uganda’s legislature, responsible for overseeing parliamentary debates, maintaining order, and representing the institution both domestically and internationally.

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Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Republic of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Uganda
appointedBy Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Uganda ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
domain Ugandan politics ⓘ
hasDeputyPosition Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
hasJurisdiction national legislature of Uganda ⓘ
inception 1962 ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
mayBeDeputizedBy Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament of Uganda chamber ⓘ
officeCreatedFor Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
officeHolder Anita Among ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime 2022-03-25 ⓘ
officeType non-executive office ⓘ
oversees parliamentary committees (indirectly) ⓘ
partOf Legislature of Uganda ⓘ
Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
positionHeldIn Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
positionInGovernment head of the legislature of Uganda ⓘ
ranking highest-ranking official of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
replacesOfficeHolder Jacob Oulanyah ⓘ
residence Kampala ⓘ
responsibility announcing results of votes ⓘ
chairing sittings of the plenary ⓘ
disciplining members who breach rules ⓘ
ensuring fair participation of members in debate ⓘ
interpreting and enforcing parliamentary rules ⓘ
maintaining order in the chamber ⓘ
managing the business of the House ⓘ
presiding over parliamentary debates ⓘ
putting questions to vote ⓘ
representing Parliament domestically ⓘ
representing Parliament internationally ⓘ
seat Parliament Building, Kampala ⓘ
selectedBy members of Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
selectionMethod election by Members of Parliament ⓘ
style Right Honourable ⓘ
symbol Coat of arms of Uganda ⓘ
termCoincidesWith term of Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
worksWith Clerk to Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliamentary Building, Kampala → occupant → Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Rebecca Kadaga → positionHeld → Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Uganda → enforcedBy → Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda → reportsTo → Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda → seeAlso → Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ