Mao was recently appointed by President Yoweri Museveni to Cabinet following a signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Democratic Party (DP) which he heads and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).
The newly appointed Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Norbert Mao, has taken the oath of office in Parliament.
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Mao took the oath of allegiance and swore to, ‘preserve and protect the Constitution of Uganda’.
Speaker Anita Among welcomed the new Justice Minister saying that his appointment comes at a time when the House is calling for the establishment of the Constitutional Review Commission.
“Hon. Mao your appointment is more historic that we have an Opposition member as the Minister for Justice. We have issues of human rights, political prisoners and we hope to get the best from you,” Among said.
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The public anticipates Mao's overseeing constitutional amendments.
In related news, Hon. Herbert Ariko also took oath as a Member of Parliament for Soroti City East constituency after last week's bi-election.
Ariko was re-elected as Member of Parliament in a by-election after the Court of Appeal nullified the election of Forum Democratic Change’s (FDC), Moses Attan.
The two took oath on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at a sitting of the House presided over by the Speaker, Anita Among.
Ariko who contested on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket got 9,407 votes against Attan’s 8,771. Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) candidate, Pascal Amuriat got 115 votes.
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Among welcomed Ariko back to the House, telling him to be an effective representative of the people and remain a servant leader.
