The Central Executive Committee of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has endorsed Deputy Speaker and Bukedea Woman MP Anita Among as their flag bearer for the Speakership race.
The position fell vacant on Sunday after the passing of Speaker, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah. He died in a hospital in Seattle, US, where he had been receiving treatment for about a month.
On Tuesday, a total of 13 NRM MPs expressed their interest in replacing Oulanyah.
They included; Deputy Speaker Anita Among, Deputy Attorney General and Kyaka legislator Jackson Kafuuzi, Dokolo South County MP Felix Okot Ogong, Hon Sarah Opendi, the woman MP for Tororo District, Hon Theodore Ssekikubo, Arua Central MP Jackson Atima, Hon Alex Brandon Kintu, and the State Minister for Defence, Jacob Oboth Oboth, Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, and others.
However, Aceng withdrew from the race.
The voting of the next Speaker of Parliament is scheduled for Friday.
With Anita Among now destined to become Speaker, the position of Deputy Speaker has fallen vacant. The NRM MPs will now compete for the position of Deputy Speaker during the caucus meeting tomorrow.