Buubuno obukugu n'obuyigirize bwa Hon. Paul Mwiru, ayagala kya Sipiika wa Palamenti ey'e 12

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]ing the nomination and you have only one minute to do so.

[00:00:04]Let's adhere to the time.

[00:00:06]I don't have the the privilege in parliament to switch off the microphone but but I hope we we stick to the time.

[00:00:18]My lord, the chief justice, honorable members, it is with deep humility, a profound sense of honor and unswing resolve to uphold your trust that I accept this nomination to serve as speaker of this August House.

[00:00:45]Any other nomination?

[00:01:14]Kindly when you propose continue to make the the statement about your candidate.

[00:01:21]>> Your excellence the president my lord the chief justice your honorable colleagues. My name is Chi Hassan, member of parliament representing Katikam South. I stand here to move a motion under rule five of our rules of procedure that the honorable me Paul MP Ginger South Division East take a chair of parliament as the speaker. I beg to submit.

[00:02:04]My lord, the honorable me Paul I present before you is the best of our candidates for speakerhip of the 12th parliament the republic of Uganda.

[00:02:22]Honorable Mo Powell is a lawyer holding a bachelor's degree in law from Merary University, a diploma in legislative drafting from the international law institute, diploma in law from a law development center. The honorable me Paul was a member of the legal and parliamentary affairs committee in the ninth and the 10th parliament of Uganda. He served as the chairperson of the public accounts committee in the ninth parliament.

[00:03:01]The honorable me Paul served as the deputy spokesperson for the forum for democratic change and is now the focal person in the national unity platform for Busoga West. His candidature is premised on four pillars but I'll deal with the two and the remaining two shall be dealt with by the saka.

[00:03:33]First is restoration of the rule of law in parliament.

[00:03:39]Honorable M Paul, our candidate for the position of speakerhip, will uphold accountability and the rule of law by ensuring budget discipline, stamping out wasteful expenditure, redirecting money for donations and corporate social responsibility to parliamentary committees where members actually do the work for parliament.

[00:04:06]This will be done through internal resource reallocations without increasing the overall budget of parliament. to ensure accountability to the public. He will ensure adoption of the public disclosure public disclosure policy where parliament will periodically publish its output and attendant costs so that the public can appreciate and hold their leaders to account.

[00:04:37]Secondly, equity and inclusivity.

[00:04:42]The honorable Paul Mueller I present before you. His candidature is premised on treating all members of parliament fairly and equally. He will ensure that there is equity and inclusivity in the welfare of the members of parliament and staff of the parliament and standardized benefits. I present before you the honorable Paul Mu for God and my country a serpent.

[00:05:14]Thank you so much. Uh uh let me have uh uh the second Your Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda, Your Lordship, the Chief Justice, Honorable Colleagues, my name is Sarah Luan Sasula and I am the woman representative for the people of Ginger City.

[00:06:05]In accordance with rule five, clause 8.

[00:06:09]I also associate myself with honorable Chirum and I am here to second honorable Mu Paul to be the speaker of the 12th parliament.

[00:06:27]In a addition to what uh the nominator has said, honorable will be responsive of the aspirations of Ugandans and this he will do by ensuring that funding of government programs is increased to match the increased population growth. He will also ensure that the talk about the 10-fold growth strategy is matched with resource allocation.

[00:07:00]Honorable ML is competent, is exemplary and accountable. So he brings such leadership to the 12th parliament as a speaker. Under his leadership, he will cause the reduction of funds to consumptive expenditure and invest more in capacity building of members and staff. In addition, resources will be reallocated to parliamental committees so that members are adequately enabled to conduct oversight at committee level.

[00:07:39]Honorable will cultivate a habit of budget discipline to ensure that funds are spent only on what they have been budgeted for. All members will be aware of what has been allocated to specific activities so that they can hold his leadership accountable. Dear members, Honorable Will is a man of integrity.

[00:08:06]He's a man who does what he says should be done. I urge you all to see honorable Paul fit to be our speaker for the next parliament, this parliament, the 12th parliament. I submit.

[00:08:27]Okay, let me have