{"id":8597,"date":"2023-05-18T12:09:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T12:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/?p=8597"},"modified":"2024-10-30T07:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T07:25:07","slug":"history-of-house-of-representatives-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/history-of-house-of-representatives-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN UGANDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>INTRODUCTION<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This post discusses the House of Representatives as parliament of Uganda which is a unicameral system, the composition and history of the parliament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>parliament of Uganda<\/strong>\u00a0is the country&#8217;s legislative body.\u00a0Unicameral, the most significant of the Ugandan parliament&#8217;s functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country. The government ministers are bound to answer to the people&#8217;s representatives on the floor of the house. Through the various parliamentary committees, parliament scrutinizes government programs, particularly as outlined in the\u00a0<em>State of the Nation<\/em>\u00a0address\u00a0by the president. The fiscal issues of the government, such as taxation and loans need the sanction of the parliament, after appropriate debate Parliament must confirm some Presidential nominations and may force a Minister to resign by passing a\u00a0motion of censure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Parliament-of-Uganda.jpg\" alt=\"Parliament of Uganda\" width=\"843\" height=\"462\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Parliament of Uganda<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>COMPOSITION<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The 11th Parliament (2021\u20132026) has a total of 557 seats, including 353 representatives elected using\u00a0first-past-the-post voting\u00a0in single winner constituencies. Using the same method, 146 seats reserved for women are filled, with one seat per\u00a0district. Finally, 30 seats are indirectly filled via special electoral colleges: 10 by the army, 5 by youths, 5 by elders, 5 by unions, 5 by people with disabilities and 28\u00a0Ex Officio Members. In each of these groups, at least one woman must be elected (at least two for the army group).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/history-of-house-of-representatives-in-congo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"8382\">HISTORY OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGO<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In 2016, it was composed of 288 constituency representatives, 121 district woman representatives, ten\u00a0Uganda People&#8217;s Defense Force\u00a0representatives, five representatives of the youth, five representatives of persons with disabilities, five representatives of workers, and seventeen\u00a0<em>ex officio<\/em>\u00a0members.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Ugandan parliament was established in 1962, soon after the country&#8217;s independence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>First Parliament (1962\u20131963)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This body was then known as the\u00a0National Assembly. It had 92 members and was presided over, as\u00a0speaker, by\u00a0Sir John Bowes Griffin, a\u00a0British\u00a0lawyer and former Ugandan\u00a0Chief Justice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Second Parliament (1963\u20131971)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>During this period, Prime Minister\u00a0Milton Obote\u00a0abrogated the constitution and declared himself\u00a0President of Uganda\u00a0in 1966. This parliament also witnessed the abolition of Uganda&#8217;s traditional kingdoms and the declaration of Uganda as a\u00a0republic. The speaker during the Second Parliament was\u00a0Narendra M. Patel, a Ugandan of\u00a0Indian\u00a0descent. This parliament ended when\u00a0Idi Amin\u00a0overthrew Milton Obote&#8217;s government in January 1971.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Third Parliament (1979\u20131980)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Following the overthrow of Idi Amin in April 1979, a new legislative body known as the Uganda Legislative Council was established. With an initial membership of 30, the membership was later increased to 120. This was the Third Parliament and was chaired by\u00a0Edward Rugumayo. This legislative body continued to function until the general elections of December 1980.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Fourth Parliament (1980\u20131985)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This period marked the return to power of\u00a0Milton Obote\u00a0and the\u00a0Uganda People&#8217;s Congress\u00a0(UPC), following the disputed national elections of 1980. The speaker of the Fourth Parliament was\u00a0Francis Butagira, a Havard-trained lawyer. the Fourth Parliament ended when General\u00a0Basilio Olara Okello\u00a0overthrew Obote and the UPC government in 1985.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Fifth Parliament (1986\u20131996)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Known as the National Resistance Council (NRC), the Fifth Parliament was established following the end of the Ugandan 1981-1985 guerrilla war. Starting with 38 historical members of the\u00a0National Resistance Movement\u00a0and\u00a0National Resistance Army, the legislative body was gradually expanded to include representatives from around the country. The speaker during the Fifth Parliament was Yoweri Museveni\u00a0who also concurrently served as the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/past-presidents-of-uganda-till-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"8592\"> President of Uganda<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Sixth Parliament (1996\u20132001)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Sixth Parliament was constituted during one-party rule (NRM).\u00a0James Wapakhabulo\u00a0served as speaker from 1996 until 1998. From 1998 until 2001,\u00a0Francis Ayume, a Member of Parliament from\u00a0Koboko District, served as speaker.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Seventh Parliament (2001\u20132006)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Seventh Parliament was presided over as Speaker by\u00a0Edward Ssekandi. The most controversial legislation passed during this period was the amendment of the constitution to remove presidential term limits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Eighth Parliament (2006\u20132011)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This was a continuation of the Seventh Parliament, with Edward Ssekandi as speaker and Rebecca Kadaga as deputy speaker.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Ninth Parliament was presided over by\u00a0Rebecca Kadaga\u00a0as\u00a0speaker, and\u00a0Jacob Oulanyah\u00a0as deputy speaker in 2011-2016 and In the Tenth Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga and Jacob Oulanyah remained in their posts as speaker and deputy speaker respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017 Parliament fight<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>On September 27, 2017, a fight ensued during a legislative session of the Ugandan parliament. The legislation in discussion at the time was to remove the presidential age limit of 75 from the Ugandan constitution. Following accusations from the parliamentary speaker against certain lawmakers in the chamber of disorderly conduct, a full-fledged fight broke out in which chairs were thrown, microphone stands used as clubs, and eventual removal of some members by plain clothes security officers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eleventh Parliament (2021\u2013present)<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>On March 25, 2022,\u00a0Thomas Tayebwa\u00a0was voted as the new Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTRODUCTION This post discusses the House of Representatives as parliament of Uganda which is a unicameral system, the composition and history of the parliament. The\u00a0parliament of Uganda\u00a0is the country&#8217;s legislative body.\u00a0Unicameral, the most significant of the Ugandan parliament&#8217;s functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country. 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