Ugandan lawyer, accountant and politician, Speaker of the 11th Parliament 2022-2026
The Right Honourable Speaker
Anita Among
Official portrait
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 March 2022
President
Yoweri Museveni
Preceded by
Jacob Oulanyah
Personal details
Born
(1973-11-23) 23 November 1973 (age 50) Bukedea District, Uganda
Citizenship
Uganda
Political party
National Resistance Movement
Spouse
Moses Magogo Hassim
(m. 2022)
Children
3
Alma mater
Makerere University (Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration)
Kampala International University (Bachelor of Laws)
Occupation
Accountant, Politician, Lawyer
Known for
Politics Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda
Anita Annet Among (born 23 November 1973) is a Ugandan accountant, lawyer and politician who is the Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda since 2022.[1][2]She also concurrently serves as the elected member of parliament for the Bukedea District Women Constituency, the same position she held in the 10th Parliament (2016–2021).[3] She was in FDC party before she joined the ruling NRM where she was voted as the Deputy Speaker of the 10th Parliament. She is named in the torture complaint against the Ugandan government that was submitted with the International Criminal Court.[4]
^"NRM's Anita Among beats Opposition's Basalirwa to become Speaker,after gathering a total number of 401 valid votes against 66 votes scored by her opponent Asuman Basalirwa in a speaker election held on 25th March 2022 at Kololo independence grounds Kampala". Monitor. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^"Speaker of Parliament | Parliament of Uganda". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^Kiggundu, Edris (21 September 2016). "MP Among's rise, connections leave key questions unanswered". The Observer. Kampala.
^"Speaker Among named in fresh ICC torture petition". Monitor. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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