With less than a year to the end of the 11th Parliament, newly sworn in Kawempe North MP Elias Nalukoola Luyimbaazi will get a car and other benefits that each MP receives.
Nalukoola beat NRM’s Faridah Nambi and several other candidates to replace the late Muhammad Ssegirinya.
He took oath on March 26, 2025.
NALUKOOLA CAR
Speaker Anita Among emphasized that Nalukoola is now a full member of the 11th Parliament, entitled to all the benefits of an MP, including a vehicle.
In 2021, government gave Shs200m to each of the 529 legislators and the 26 ex-officio members of the 11th Parliament to enable each buy a car to transport them to Parliament and to their constituencies.
Nalukoola has less than a year to represent Kawempe North.
In fact, Speaker Among instructed instructed Clerk to Parliament Adolf Mwesige to make sure that Nalukoola receives all benefits an MP should be getting.
“I will instruct that after this, you will provide the MP all his benefits including a car, even if he is going to be here for only a short time,” she said.
WHY TAKE OATH IN SPEAKER’S CHAMBERS?
Newly elected MPs are asked to take an oath before formally taking their seats in parliament and this oath is taken in a manner of law for both oath of allegiance and oath of a member of parliament which is administered by the clerk.
This oath is taken prior to the first sitting of Parliament. Unlike other members of parliament, newly elected Kawempe North MP Elias Nalukoola Luyimabazi’s oath was administered by the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among.
Part III (4) of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament grants the speaker of parliament the power to administer the oaths of allegiance and office to newly elected members.
On March 26, Nalukoola took oath before Speaker Anita Among.
He swore to be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Republic of Uganda and to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and to give faithful service to parliament and support and uphold the Constitution of Uganda.
While administering the oaths, Speaker Among said that the decision to hold the swearing-in in her chambers was because the law compels them and wanted to ensure that the people of Kawempe North are not left without representation.
She also refered to two occasions in the last Parliament when Robert Kasule ( October 5 2017) and Faith Alupo (June 22, 2018) took oath in the speaker’s chambers.
““Please take note that subscribing to the oath of allegiance and oath of Member of Parliament can either be in the chambers when the House is in session or it can be in the Speaker’s Chambers when the House is in recess,” Among explained.
“We wouldn’t want to deprive the good people of Kawempe representation because the House is on recess, and aware that we called off the House to allow Committees handle the ministerial policy statements, so we found it fit that we swear you in so that you are able to benefit from what you ought to benefit.”
Watch more on Nalukoola’s swearing-in ceremony, what he said, his car and benefits, and what Speaker Among said Here.
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