MP Lumu Wants Deputy Speaker Of Parliament Be Elected From Opposition - Decries Criticism From Fellow Opposition Members

The mover of a motion to amend the constitution of Uganda and have the leader of Opposition be elected by all the legislators from the opposition and Mityana South Representative Hon. Richard Lumu has also revealed that in his proposal, he wants the Deputy Speaker of Parliament be elected from the Opposition.

Hon Lumu while addressing a presser on the alleged misinterpretation of his proposed amendments in the administration of the Parliament Act noted that it's time to have Ugandan politics fit with the current generation. 

He say that the first step is to secure leave that I have already secured to go consult. First, a draft will be done, which I will share with everybody, including my leader LOP. He is free to say No, remove this.

However,Richard Lumu has described people accusing him of fight the Opposition through his proposal to have MPs vote their own Leader of Opposition as shallow and myopic, wondering why when the same proposal was fronted in the 10th Parliament, FDC didn’t attack or malign the mover, Medard Sseggona, like he is being attacked.

He asked the Public not to reduce his Bill to personalities, as he has no grudge against the current Leader of Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi

Hon Lumu also wondered why the Opposition that is positioning itself to takeover power in 2026 is opposed to the Bill and scared of an election, and he questioned if their reaction is an indication of their unpreparedness to ascend to power in 2026. 

“I don’t know why someone would be scared of elections. I am actually scared that the people who actually want to promote democracy fear elections. We are in Opposition and we are preparing to go for elections if in case we have done some action for us to go there. So people shouldn’t fear elections. We shall be in power in 2026, so since we shall be in power in 2026, so, this Bill will work on the people who will be in Opposition. So are people saying we are going to be permanently in the Opposition? Are they happy with the position?” argued Lumu