President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the ruling NRM national chairman has revealed to the party members why the Central Executive Committee (CEC) had zeroed on Jacob Oulanyah as the NRM flag bearer for the Speakership race.
The CEC, which is the top organ of the ruling NRM party on Sunday, dropped the incumbent and Kamuli Woman MP, Rebecca Kadaga as the party flag bearer.
Speaking in a meeting at the State House with NRM party Members of Parliament, Museveni gave in detail the reason the party’s top organ zeroed on Oulanyah.
Museveni explained to the NRM caucus that there has been consistency in the terms each member from the ruling party holds therefore it would be foolhardy to change from two terms that the previous Speakers have each held, noting that it was time someone else took over.
Museveni said the position of Speaker should not be a matter of death and life, noting that it can always change hands.
According to Museveni, the party nominates and endorses its flag bearer for the position of Speaker out of will and that the decision should always be respected.
Speaking to our reporter, Jacob Oulanyah said whereas he was not part of the CEC meeting that decided his fate and that of Kadaga, some of the key issues considered during the deliberations was loyalty to the party.
