Mr Museveni on June 4, 2020 highlighted crucial areas his government would focus on in building an independent economy, integrated and self-sustaining while, co-operating with other African.
Samoa found itself in a constitutional crisis this week when the caretaker HRPP government locked the doors to parliament in an attempt to stop prime minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa being sworn in to office following her FAST party's one-seat election win. The island nation now finds itself in the position of having two governments claiming a mandate to rule, and the UN is urging the party leaders to find a solution through discussion. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson is the editor of Pacific Environment Weekly and has been covering events surrounding Samoa's election.
The highs and lows of 10th Parliament
Saturday May 22 2021
Summary
On May 11, the 10th Parliament was dissolved after a five-year term that commenced in May 2016. The disbandment of the House paved way for the MPs-elect swearing-in this week, which ran from May 17 to 20.
This will be followed by the election of Speaker and Deputy on May 20 at Kololo. As the 11th Parliament commences, Esther Oluka looks back at the performance of the previous House.
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On May 11, Speaker of 10th Parliament Rebecca Kadaga ended business of the House after a long day’s plenary.
“I want to assure Honourable Members and citizens (that) a motion will be moved in the second sitting of the new (11th) Parliament to reinstate business which has not been completed and under Rule 325 of the Rules of Procedure, this business must be handled in the first session of Parliament,” Ms Kadaga told MPs in her concluding remarks.
With the doors to the actual parliament locked to try to stop the transition of power, the FAST party and its leader, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa s first woman prime minister, were sworn in outside of parliament, in a marquee. For those who aren’t so sure about what’s going on in Samoa and the changes it brings about to its political scene and prime minister, let’s explain the basics.
BEC HANIFY-SEUMANU/Supplied Who has been the dominant political party? For 39 years, Samoa has had the same political party – the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) – in power, and the same leader since 1998.
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