Lydia Wanyoto Throws Hat in Ring for Parliament Speaker, Vows to Claim Bugisu’s Share of the “National Cake”

Lydia Wanyoto declares bid for Speaker of 12th Parliament

Wanyoto Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lydia Wanyoto, the Mbale City Woman Member of Parliament-elect, has declared her intention to run for the speakership of the 12th Parliament. Wanyoto announced on Friday during a press conference held at Malukhu Ward in Mbale City, near the late Maumbe’s building — the site where President Museveni survived an assassination attempt by Amin’s soldiers in the early 1980s during the Goliera War. According t…

Lydia Wanyoto Throws Hat in Ring for Parliament Speaker, Vows to Claim Bugisu’s Share of the “National Cake”

Mbale, Uganda – In a bold move highlighting the simmering tensions in Uganda’s political arena, newly elected Mbale City Woman MP Lydia Wanyoto Mutende officially announced her candidacy for Speaker of the 12th Parliament at a press conference in Mbale. The declaration, made at House 49 in Malukhu, Mbale Industrial City Division, follows President Yoweri Museveni’s resounding re-election in January, where he secured over 71% of the vote. A seaso…