The Speaker of Parliament Anitah Among has vowed to continue holding regional sittings, despite public criticism and boycott from some Opposition MPs, saying Parliament can proclaim to hold a sitting anywhere in Uganda, even in the middle of the road.
Among made the remarks while addressing journalists during the visit to Late Speaker Jacob Oulanyah’s home in Omoro district, where she defended the regional sittings arguing that there are MPs who don’t even know the road leading to Gulu, and it is time Gulu also benefitted from having Parliamentary sittings.
“It is nothing peculiar, it has ever happened and it is going to continue happening. Those who are saying they are going to boycott or whichever, it is going to continue happening until we say stop. Parliament will sit here, and it will go to another region, but the first priority was Gulu for us to recognize that the Late Speaker, came from Gulu,” added Among.
The Speaker also promised to continue supporting late Oulanyah’s family as long as she is still Speaker, “I still have another term to serve as Speaker of Parliament and there are plans underway to send Oulanyah’s daughter Karen Atim abroad to study pediatrics as promised to the father.”
She also used the occasion to ask the people of Greater North not to vote for any of the current MPs back to Parliament in 2026 if any of them boycott the Northern Regional Parliament Sitting.
