LIST: See Names of Opposition’s New Parliament Bosses (Committees and Fora) as Joel Ssenyonyi is Re-Appointed LOP

Joel Ssenyonyi. Photo by @owomukisa

Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has released the names of opposition’s new parliament bosses (Committees and fora) as Joel Ssenyonyi is re-appointed LOP (Leader of the Opposition in Parliament of Uganda).

In new changes approved the NUP NEC, the party also appointed Manjiya County MP John Baptist Nambeshe as a Commissioner in Parliament. Nambeshe has been the opposition chief whip.

The opposition party picked Jinja South East MP Paul Mwiru to serve as Opposition Chief whip. Mwiru was the NUP’s speaker candidate but lost to Jacob Oboth Oboth, as reported Here.

Other changes

Patrick Nsamba (Kassanda North): Chairperson of Parliamentary Accounts Committee

Sarah Lwaansula (Jinja City Woman MP): Deputy Chairperson of Parliamentary Accounts Committee

Muwada Nkunyingi (Kyadondo East MP): Chairperson of Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises

George Musisi (Kira Municipality MP): Deputy Chairperson of Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises

Betty Nambooze Bakireke (Mukono Municipality MP): Chairperson of Local Government Committee

Abed Nasser Mudiobole: Deputy Chairperson of Local Government Committee

Francis Zaake (Mityana Municipality MP): Chairperson of Government Assurances Committee

Anna Adeke Ebaju: Deputy Chairperson of Government Assurances Committee

Representatives to international Parliamentary Fora

Brenda Nabukenya: Interparliamentary Union
Joan Namutawe (Masaka district woman MP): Representative for Caribbean Parliamentary Assembly
Abubaker Kawalya: Parliamentary Pension Scheme
Hassan Kirumira: Parliamentary Union of OIC member states
David Kalwanga Lukyamuzi: Pan African Parliament

You can read interesting facts about Joel Ssenyonyi Here.

The new cabinet list for 2026-2031 term of office is HERE.

Samuel Kamugisha

Samuel Kamugisha is a Ugandan journalist, editor, translator, language instructor, poet, fiction and non-fiction writer. A Makerere University graduate of Journalism and Communication with a decade-long experience in news reporting, writing and editing, Kamugisha is Editor at The Pearl Times. His other journalistic work was published by The Observer. When he is not doing journalism work -- which is rare -- Kamugisha will be reading or writing a short story or a poem, or caught up in the writer's block. His new children's book 'Friends of Plastics' has been published by Room to Read and Reading Association of Uganda and can be read here: https://literacycloud.org/stories/7887-friends-of-plastic/