Parliament of Uganda

The tower that separates the east from the north wing buildings at the Uganda Parliament. this tower together with the parliament was built by the British colonial government in the late 1950s as a gift to Uganda just before it attained its independence.

This body was then known as the National Assembly. It had 92 members and was presided over, as speaker, by Sir John Bowes Griffin, a British lawyer and former Ugandan Chief Justice.

During this period, Prime Minister Milton Obote abrogated the constitution and declared himself President of Uganda in 1966. This parliament also witnessed the abolition of Uganda's traditional kingdoms and the declaration of Uganda as a republic. The speaker during the Second Parliament was Narendra M. Patel, a Ugandan of Indian descent. This parliament ended when Idi Amin overthrew Milton Obote's government in January 1971.

Following the overthrow of Idi Amin in April 1979, a new legislative body known as the Uganda Legislative Council was established. With an initial membership of 30, the membership was later increased to 120. This was the Third Parliament and was chaired by Edward Rugumayo. This legislative body continued to function until the general elections of December 1980.

This period marked the return to power of Milton Obote and the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), following the disputed national elections of 1980. The speaker of the Fourth Parliament was Francis Butagira, a Harvard-trained lawyer. the Fourth Parliament ended when General Basilio Olara Okello overthrew Obote and the UPC government in 1985.

Known as the National Resistance Council (NRC), the Fifth Parliament was established following the end of the Ugandan 1981-1985 guerrilla war. Starting with 38 historical members of the National Resistance Movement and National Resistance Army, the legislative body was gradually expanded to include representatives from around the country. The speaker during the Fifth Parliament was Yoweri Museveni, who also concurrently served as the President of Uganda.

The Sixth Parliament was constituted during one-party rule (NRM). James Wapakhabulo served as speaker from 1996 until 1998. From 1998 until 2001, Francis Ayume, a member of Parliament from Koboko District, served as speaker.

The Seventh Parliament was presided over as Speaker by Edward Ssekandi. The most controversial legislation passed during this period was the amendment of the constitution to remove presidential term limits.

This was a continuation of the Seventh Parliament, with Edward Ssekandi as speaker and Rebecca Kadaga as deputy speaker.

Party		Constituency			Women			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Appointed	Total
	National Resistance Movement			141			58	14	213
	Forum for Democratic Change			27			10	0	37
	Uganda People's Congress			9			0	0	9
	Democratic Party			8			0	0	8
	Conservative Party			1			0	0	1
	Justice Forum			1			0	0	1
	Independents			28			11	1	40
Uganda People's Defence Force Representatives								10	10
Total				215			79	25	319
Registered voters/turnout		10,450,788	68
Source: IPU

The Ninth Parliament was presided over by Rebecca Kadaga as speaker, and Jacob Oulanyah as deputy speaker.

Party		Constituency			Women			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Appointed	Total	+/–
	National Resistance Movement	3,883,209	49.22	164	3,803,608	51.56	86	13	263	+50
	Forum for Democratic Change	1,070,109	13.56	23	1,242,218	16.84	11	0	34	–3
	Democratic Party	476,415	6.04	11	325,660	4.41	1	0	12	+4
	Uganda People's Congress	265,568	3.37	7	237,477	3.22	3	0	10	+1
	Justice Forum	50,120	0.64	1	10,796	0.15	0	0	1	0
	Conservative Party	48,276	0.61	1	1,084	0.01	0	0	1	0
	Uganda Federal Alliance	23,585	0.30	0	34,346	0.47	0	0	0	–
	People's Progressive Party	15,692	0.20	0	26,320	0.36	0	0	0	–
	Forum for Integrity in Leadership	8,871	0.11	0				0	0	–
	Social Democratic Party	5,664	0.07	0				0	0	–
	Popular People's Democracy	3,399	0.04	0				0	0	–
	People's Development Party	2,526	0.03	0	1,853	0.03	0	0	0	–
	Liberal Democratic Transparency	2,035	0.03	0	3,997	0.05	0	0	0	–
	Green Partisan Party	297	0.00	0				0	0	–
	Uganda Economic Party	207	0.00	0				0	0	–
	Independents	2,034,250	25.78	30	1,689,389	22.90	11	2	43	+3
Uganda People's Defence Force								10	10	0
Vacant				1				–	1	–
Total		7,890,223	100.00	238	7,376,748	100.00	112	25	375	+56
Source: Election Passport, UC

In the Tenth Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga and Jacob Oulanyah remained in their posts as speaker and deputy speaker respectively.

Party		Constituency			Women			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Appointed	Total	+/–
	National Resistance Movement	3,945,000	48.88	199	3,566,617	48.95	84	10	293	+30
	Forum for Democratic Change	1,027,648	12.73	29	929,860	12.76	7	0	36	+2
	Democratic Party	349,962	4.34	13	246,284	3.38	2	0	15	+3
	Uganda People's Congress	172,781	2.14	4	236,164	3.24	2	0	6	–4
	Justice Forum	20,089	0.25	0	16,741	0.23	0	0	0	0
	Ugandan Federal Alliance	18,146	0.22	0	0	0.00	–	0	0	0
	Conservative Party	10,792	0.13	0	2,902	0.04	0	0	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	5,972	0.07	0	0	0.00	–	0	0	0
	Republican Women and Youth Party	2,311	0.03	0	8,502	0.12	0	0	0	0
	People's Progressive Party	2,185	0.03	0	16,720	0.23	0	0	0	0
	Uganda Patriotic Movement	470	0.01	0	0	0.00	–	0	0	0
	Activist Party	175	0.00	0	0	0.00	–	0	0	0
	Independents	2,515,163	31.16	44	2,261,897	31.05	17	5	66	+23
Uganda People's Defence Force								10	10	0
Total		8,070,694	100.00	289	7,285,687	100.00	112	25	426	+51
Registered voters/turnout		15,277,198	–		15,277,198	–
Source: EC, Election Passport

On September 27, 2017, a fight ensued during a legislative session of the Ugandan parliament. The legislation in discussion at the time was to remove the presidential age limit of 75 from the Ugandan constitution. Following accusations from the parliamentary speaker against certain lawmakers in the chamber of disorderly conduct, a full-fledged fight broke out in which chairs were thrown, microphone stands used as clubs, and eventual removal of some members by plain clothes security officers.[9]

On March 25, 2022, Thomas Tayebwa was voted as the new Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda.[10]

Party		Constituency			Women			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Appointed	Total	+/–
	National Resistance Movement	4,158,934	41.60	218	4,532,814	44.81	101	17	336	+42
	National Unity Platform	1,347,929	13.48	43	1,607,425	15.89	14	0	57	New
	Forum for Democratic Change	729,247	7.29	24	674,154	6.66	8	0	32	–4
	Democratic Party	245,248	2.45	8	181,364	1.79	1	0	9	–6
	Uganda People's Congress	180,313	1.80	7	229,884	2.27	2	0	9	+3
	Alliance for National Transformation	72,018	0.72	0	82,318	0.81	0	0	0	New
	Justice Forum	24,843	0.25	1	22,625	0.22	0	0	1	+1
	People's Progressive Party	10,076	0.10	1				0	1	+1
	Uganda Economic Party	6,199	0.06	0				0	0	New
	Ecological Party of Uganda	4,287	0.04	0				0	0	New
	Conservative Party	1,071	0.01	0				0	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	719	0.01	0				0	0	0
	Forum for Integrity in Leadership	122	0.00	0				0	0	New
	Congress Service Volunteers Organisation	68	0.00	0				0	0	New
	Independents	3,217,480	32.18	51	2,785,676	27.54	20	3	74	+8
Uganda People's Defence Force								10	10	0
Total		9,998,554	100.00	353	10,116,260	100.00	146	30	529	+103
Source: Electoral Commission