CONFIRMED: Museveni Minister Withdraws from Race to Replace Late Speaker Jacob Oulanyah

One of the four ministers in President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s cabinet has pulled out of the race to replace late Speaker Jacob L’Okori.

On March 22, a total of 13 NRM MPs expressed interest in the position of speaker. (Read Story Here).

Some of these were ministers, which left some people wondering if the ministers were unhappy in Museveni’s cabinet. (Read Story Here).

Now, Dr Fred Tanga Odoi, the chairman of NRM’s Electoral Commission (EC), has confirmed that health minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has officially withdrawn her expression of interest in the speaker race.

This means that Tanga Odoi will forward the names of 12 MPs to NRM CEC for consideration and vetting. (Read Story Here).

READ: Shock as Minister Aceng Reveals Speaker Jacob Oulanyah Died Before Receiving Actual Treatment Needed to Save His Life; Treatment in Only 3 Hospitals in the World