Swearing-in of MPs kicks off
A total of 529 Members of Parliament-elect will be sworn into office by the end of the swearing in ceremony on Thursday.
The swearing-in ceremony is taking place at Parliament’s South Wing parking lot.
According to the programme, throughout the four days of the event, the ceremony will run from 8am to 1.30pm. There will be break of 30 minutes before the ceremony resumes from 2pm to 6.30pm each day.
Earlier this week, Ms Helen Kawesa, the acting director of communications and public affairs at Parliament, told journalists that Parliament had hopes to handle between 80 and 120 MPs-elect per day.
“The swearing in will be done in sequence of alphabetical order,” she said.
The programme indicates that the MPs-elect, who are being sworn in today, will be 132 with Ms Ababiku Jesca (Adjumani District Woman MP), being the first on the list.
The remaining 397 MPs-elect will be sworn-in during the remaining three days. Majority of the MPs have expressed excitement and readiness for the day.
The MPs-elect will be accompanied by only three people, those with disabilities will be granted one additional person as an aide.
The guidelines are strict because of the existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus.
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