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    "id": 1160749,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, thereafter, the late Speaker established a private law practice, Oulanyah, Onoria and Company Advocates, and served as a lecturer at Makerere University. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) in 2001 and the same year, he was appointed to the Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, responsible for the budgets and administration of all constitutional bodies, the Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary. In 2004, he was elected unopposed to be the Chairman of the said Committee. In the two years that followed, he handled one of the most delicate periods of the political history of Uganda. That included a constitutional review and political transition. The political transition involved steering the referendum legislation and a Constitutional Referendum Motion that paved the way for the 2005 Referendum for changing the political system in Uganda. In 2011, Hon. Oulanyah was re-elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Omoro County. In the same year, he was elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament. He was subsequently appointed Head of the Uganda Delegation to the African, Caribbean, and Pacific–European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Hon. Members know I have been leading the Delegation of the Senate to ACP-EU. He also served as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in 2001. In 2016 General Elections, Hon. Oulanyah was again re-elected to represent Omoro County Constituency and also to the position of Deputy Speaker. Hon. Senators, without a doubt, the great people of Uganda and his family in particular; the Parliament of Uganda; and, the people of the East Africa Community (EAC) at large, have lost a vibrant, pragmatic and dedicated leader. May the Almighty God rest his soul in eternal peace. Hon. Senator, may I add that Hon. Oulanyah, in our ACPEU Delegation of the East African Region, was out Team Leader. He is the one who stood at all times to defend the positions of EAC. This is particularly in the negotiation of as far as trade is concerned, where we do negotiations jointly. As a Delegation to the ACP-EU, which will be sitting next week in Paris, we shall really miss the Hon. Oulanyah. He was the Team Leader who always led with a lot of diligence. Hon. Senators, in tribute and honour to our departed brother and colleague, the Late Hon. Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah, I request that we all stand to observe a moment of silence."
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