Monday, 16 May 2011
 
Parliament met at 10.00 a.m. at Parliament House, Kampala.
 
(The Clerk to Parliament, Mr A.M. Tandekwire, presiding.)
 
NATIONAL ANTHEM (One Stanza)
 
PRAYERS
 
PROCLAMATION
 
CLERK: WHEREAS the Electoral Commission has organised and conducted the elections of Constituency Members of Parliament and the elections of all the REP.s in Parliament of the Special Interest groups specified in clause 1, paragraph (b) and (c) of Article 78 of the Constitution;
 
AND WHEREAS the Electoral Commission had ascertained, declared in writing under its seal and published in the Gazette the results of the election in each Constituency and each interest group, which results have been availed to the Clerk to Parliament;
 
AND WHEREAS clause 4 of Article 81 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda stipulates that every person elected to Parliament shall take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Member of Parliament specified in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution;
 
AND WHEREAS clause 5 of the same Article further stipulates that except for the purpose of taking the Oaths referred to in clause 4, no person shall sit or vote in Parliament before taking and subscribing the oaths;
 
AND WHEREAS under the Oaths Act, Second Schedule, Chapter 19 of the Laws of Uganda, the Clerk to Parliament is mandated to tender the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Member of Parliament to Members-Elect before they elect their Speaker.
 
NOW THEREFORE by the powers conferred to him by the said law, the Clerk to Parliament will now proceed to administer the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Member of Parliament to each MemberElect in order for them to assume their seats in Parliament.
 
ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS
 
The Oaths were administered to:
 

(The House rose at 4.15 p.m. and adjourned until Tuesday, 17 May 2011 at 10.00 a.m.)