Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda

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The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda is a senior legislative leader who assists and can act in place of the Speaker in presiding over parliamentary debates and managing the business of Uganda’s national legislature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appointedBy Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
associatedWith National Assembly (Parliament of Uganda) ⓘ
multi-party political system of Uganda ⓘ
belongsTo unicameral legislature ⓘ
category Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Politics of Uganda ⓘ
Presiding officers of legislatures ⓘ
confersPower to discipline members for disorderly conduct when presiding ⓘ
to make procedural rulings in Parliament ⓘ
to preside over plenary sittings of Parliament ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
countryGovernment Government of Uganda ⓘ
electionType indirect election ⓘ
eligibleFor re-election by Parliament ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Uganda ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Uganda
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Uganda ⓘ
Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
locatedIn Kampala ⓘ
Parliament Building, Kampala ⓘ
officeHierarchy deputy to the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
officeHolderRequirements must meet constitutional qualifications for Member of Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBe Member of Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
officeInception Constitutional order of Uganda after independence ⓘ
officeType presiding officer of a legislature ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
responsibility ensuring adherence to parliamentary standing orders ⓘ
ensuring continuity of parliamentary business in the absence of the Speaker ⓘ
overseeing voting procedures when presiding ⓘ
representing the Parliament in certain official functions when delegated ⓘ
role assists the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
can act in place of the Speaker when the Speaker is absent ⓘ
chairs sittings of the House when delegated by the Speaker ⓘ
helps manage the business of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
interprets parliamentary rules and procedures when presiding ⓘ
maintains order during parliamentary proceedings when presiding ⓘ
presides over parliamentary debates in the absence of the Speaker ⓘ
seat Parliament Building, Kampala ⓘ
seeAlso Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
selectionMethod election by Members of Parliament ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
termLength linked to term of Parliament ⓘ

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

Parliamentary Building, Kampala → occupant → Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda → mayBeDeputizedBy → Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda → worksWith → Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda → hasDeputyPosition → Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Speaker of the National Assembly of Uganda (pre-1995 structures) → relatedOffice → Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Uganda (pre‑1995 structures) ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda