The Deputy Speaker of Parliament,Rt.Hon.Thomas Tayebwa has unveiled his official potrait as Deputy Speaker since his election on March 25.
Tayebwa was elected as Deputy Speaker following the re-election of the new Speaker after the death of Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah who died in Seattle ,USA where he had been rushed in February for treatment after his health had greatly detoriated.
Oulanyah was replaced by Anita Among who was also his deputy at the time of his death.
Among was replaced by Tayebwa as Deputy Speaker after he bagged 379 votes and his main opponent Okot Bitek the candidate who was fronted by the Opposition and also a member from The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) bagged 82 votes from the members of Parliament who are about 400.
Thomas Bangirana Tayebwa born 10 November 1980,is the Deputy Speaker of the Ugandan parliament and mostly known for allegedly torturing an electricity company employee.He was appointed as the Government Chief Whip by the President of the Republic of Uganda,Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
Since 2016, he serves as the Member of Parliament for Ruhinda North County in Mitooma District and a member of NRM ,the ruling national political party in Uganda.He served as a member of National Economy Committee and Natural Resources Committee.