1. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga was born on 24 May 1956 and is a Ugandan lawyer and politician who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda from 19 May 2011 until 21 May 2021.
22 Facts About Rebecca Kadaga
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Rebecca Kadaga currently serves as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda.
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Rebecca Kadaga concurrently serves as Minister for East African Community Affairs, in the Cabinet of Uganda.
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Rebecca Kadaga is the first woman to be elected Speaker in the history of the Parliament of Uganda.
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Rebecca Kadaga succeeded Edward Ssekandi, who served as Speaker from 2001 to 2011.
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Rebecca Kadaga is the current Member of Parliament for the Kamuli District Women's Constituency, Busoga sub-region, a position she has held since 1989.
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Rebecca Kadaga was born in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda, on 24 May 1956.
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Rebecca Kadaga attended Namasagali College for her high school education.
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Rebecca Kadaga studied law at Makerere University, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1978.
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Rebecca Kadaga went on to obtain a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center in Kampala in 1979.
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Rebecca Kadaga served as the Chairperson of the University Council for Mbarara University between 1993 and 1996.
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From 1996 to 1998, Rebecca Kadaga was the Ugandan Minister of State for Regional Cooperation.
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Rebecca Kadaga was elected as Deputy Speaker of Parliament in 2001, a position that she held until 19 May 2011, when she was elected Speaker of Parliament.
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On 20 December 2017, Rebecca Kadaga presided over the Ugandan Parliament session that passed a constitutional amendment which, among other measures, eliminated the requirement for candidates running for the presidency to be younger than 75 years of age.
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On 14 January 2021, Rebecca Kadaga was re-elected to Parliament as a Woman Representative for Kamuli District.
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Rebecca Kadaga lost the Speaker Vote to her former deputy Jacob Oulanyah after falling out of favor with her party, the National Resistance Movement.
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Rebecca Kadaga vowed to pass the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill through parliament by December 2012.
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Rebecca Kadaga says it will become law since most Ugandans "are demanding it".
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In December 2012, Rebecca Kadaga was in Rome to give a speech at the Seventh Session of the Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law.
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Reports circulated that Rebecca Kadaga received a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI at a Vatican mass.
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Rebecca Kadaga gave an impression that what was later on to be understood as a simple sanitizer was actually treatment for COVID-19 and received so much backlash from Ugandans on social media and professional bodies in the medical field like the Uganda Medical Association, and the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda.
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Rebecca Kadaga hit back by calling the people of the Association brainless.