Uganda

Parliament

About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name
Parliament
Chamber name
Parliament
Parliamentary term (years)
5

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1981 to 1985
from 1991
IPU Geopolitical Group/s IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
African Group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of Parliament
Speaker
Anita Annet Among (Female)
Term
25.03.2022
Additional information
Elected on 25 March 2022.
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Secretary General

Official title This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Clerk
Secretary General
Adolf Kasaija Mwesige (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 15 July 2021.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
529
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Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
499
Indirectly elected members Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
30
Other members For example, ex-officio members of parliament, such as Cabinet members, members of the royal family, Attorney General, Speaker if appointed from outside parliament.
27
Note on the statutory number of members
- 499 members directly elected: 353 from single-member constituencies and 146 from Women Districts
- 30 members indirectly elected:
(a) Five youth representatives;
(b) Five representatives of disabled persons;
(c) Five workers' representatives;
(d) Five members representing older people;
(e) 10 representatives of the Uganda People's Defence Forces.
At least one person from categories (a) to (d) and two from category (e) must be women.

Other: In addition to the 529 members, the President of the Republic may appoint any person outside Parliament to the Cabinet. The person(s) appointed (ministers who do not have voting rights) become ex officio members of Parliament. The number of ex officio members, and thus the statutory number of members, may vary during the course of the legislature.
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Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
557
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Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
368
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
189
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
33.93% See historical data for this field.
Statutory number of members per country As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
529 See historical data for this field.
Population (in thousands)
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Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
46.85
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Kabuye Frank (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
78
Oldest member
Peninah Businge Kabingani (Male)
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 20 107 126 103 118 31 17 0 0
Total <= 45: 253 Total >= 46: 269
Male 0 8 68 82 71 79 23 11 0 0 342
Female 0 12 39 44 32 39 8 6 0 0 180
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger3.83%1.53%2.3%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger24.33%14.56%9.77%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger48.47%30.27%18.2%
Members for whom data is available
522 See historical data for this field.

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.

Number of reserved seats, by group

Women
112
Youth
5
Persons with disabilities
5
Notes
5 seats for youth of whom 1 must be a woman; 5 seats for persons with disabilities of whom 1 must be a woman; 10 seats for Uganda Peoples Defence Forces of whom 2 must be women; 5 seats for trade unions of whom 1 must be a woman.
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Reserved seats (see previous question), with special ballot in each district for women candidates only.
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Notes
Reserved seat. Five reserved seats for youth MPs, law adopted in 1993. The youth MPs are selected by the National Youth Delegates Conference. Recently challenged as unconstitutional.