The current vice-president Jessica Alupo lacks an independent power base making the speakership strategically sensitive—especially in any moment of presidential absence or transition...
They include district chiefs of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and loyalist politicians such as Vice-President Jessica Alupo Defence Minister Vincent Sempijja and Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire...
In Ssekandi's place comes former Education Minister Jessica Alupo herself a former officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force...