After the death of the 11th Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah on the 20th March 2022, election of the next speaker was immediately scheduled for 25th March 2022, and some of the members of Parliament that assumed to take the position of the late Jacob Oulanyah were Among Annet Anita, the ongoing chief whip of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, and a total number of 13 other members of parliament. The 13 members who signed for the speaker position were Among Annet Anita| Bukedea district, Kafuuzi Jackson| Kyegegwa district, Atima Jackson| Arua district, Sarah Achieng Opendi| Tororo district, Felix Okot Ogong| Dokolo district, Ssekikubo Theodore| Ssembabule, Oboth Markson Jacob| Tororo district, Kintu Alex Brandon| Jinja district, Obua Dennis Hamson| Alebtong district, Achieng Jane Ruth Ocero| Lira City, Asiimwe Florence Akiiki |Masindi, Okot John Amos| Agago district, and Wakabi Pius| Hoima district.
According to article 82 of the constitution of Uganda, Anita Among, the ongoing deputy speaker of the late Rt. Hon Jacob Oulanyah does not have to leave/ resign her position as deputy speaker to assume the position of full speakership of the 11th parliament just like the former speaker of parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga took over from Honourable Ssekandi when his time was up.
The 11th parliament of the Republic of Uganda suffered a paralysis, a huge hole that needs a huge bottleneck before the parliament picks up business again, the late Rt. Hon Speaker has left behind big shoes to fill in a crumbling parliament.
Ugandan politics is littered with unnecessary murders inform of Assassinations like the famous 17th Match 2017 Murder of IGP Andrew Kaweesi, and now, in 2022, the rumored poisoning of the Rt. Hon Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.
Is poisoning/killing/murdering and other forms of hate becoming a major way of elimination of leaders in this country?
Betty Among won speakership of the 11th parliament of Uganda, 2022-2026, with deputy speakership of former chief whip of Parliament Hon. Thomas Tayebwa.
On the 30th March 2022, the former speaker of Parliament and first deputy prime minister, Hon. Alitwala Rebecca Kadaga, since Jacob Oulanyah’s speakership, went to the Parliament and paid tribute to the forever eloquent late speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Jacob Oulanyah.