The State Minister for Defence, Jacob Oboth Oboth has announced joining the speakership race.
The position fell vacant on Sunday morning after the demise of Speaker Jacob Oulanyah in the US where he had been flown for treatment.
According to reports from his camp, Oboth Oboth is expected to pick nomination forms at the NRM electoral commission later today.
However, he dismissed reports he had resigned from his position as a minister.
Oboth Oboth said for now he doesn’t need to resign for an internal process but when nominated he will do so.
Oboth Oboth holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University and a Master’s degree in Election and Cyber Law from the University of Minnesota.
The ruling National Resistance Movement party on Monday invited its members interested in vying for the speaker of Parliament to submit applications to the party’s electoral commission for consideration.
The developments come on the backdrop of efforts to ensure the next speaker of the Ugandan parliament is elected on Friday.
Several people including current Deputy Speaker Anita Among and former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga are expected to join the race to vie for the position of speaker of the 11th parliament.
