Rebecca Kadaga

The Right Honourable
Rebecca Kadaga
The Right Honourable Rebecca Kadaga
First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 June 2021
President	Yoweri Museveni
Prime Minister	Robinah Nabbanja
Preceded by	Moses Ali
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda
	In office; 19 May 2011 – 24 May 2021
Preceded by	Edward Ssekandi
Succeeded by	Jacob Oulanyah
Personal details
Born	24 May 1956 (age 68); Kamuli, Uganda
Citizenship	Uganda
Political party	National Resistance Movement
Residence(s)	Kampala, Uganda
Alma mater	Makerere University; (LLB); Law Development Center; (Diploma in Legal Practice); University of Zimbabwe; (MA), (Diploma in Women's Law); Nkumba University; (Honorary LLD)
Occupation	Lawyer and politician

Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga (born 24 May 1956) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda from 19 May 2011 until 21 May 2021. She currently serves as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda. She concurrently serves as Minister for East African Community Affairs, in the Cabinet of Uganda.^[1]

She is the first woman to be elected Speaker in the history of the Parliament of Uganda. She succeeded Edward Ssekandi, who served as Speaker from 2001 to 2011.^[2]^[3]

She is also the current Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kamuli District Women's Constituency, Busoga sub-region, a position she has held since 1989.^[4]^[5]

^ "New Cabinet: Museveni drops Kutesa, 10 ministers". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala, Uganda. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ Wambi, Michael (24 May 2011). "Politics: First Woman Speaker of Parliament Changing Politics". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ Namutebi, Joyce; Mukasa, Henry; Olupot, Milton (19 May 2011). "Kadaga is first female Speaker". New Vision. Kampala, Uganda. Archived from the original (Archived from the original on 11 December 2014) on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ Mutaka, Moses (2 July 2015). "Kadaga should quit Kamuli woman seat, says rival". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
^ Paul, Sonia (26 February 2016). "Will This Woman Replace Uganda's Strongman?". Slate Magazine. New York City. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

[1] "New Cabinet: Museveni drops Kutesa, 10 ministers". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala, Uganda. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[2] Wambi, Michael (24 May 2011). "Politics: First Woman Speaker of Parliament Changing Politics". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[3] Namutebi, Joyce; Mukasa, Henry; Olupot, Milton (19 May 2011). "Kadaga is first female Speaker". New Vision. Kampala, Uganda. Archived from the original (Archived from the original on 11 December 2014) on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[4] Mutaka, Moses (2 July 2015). "Kadaga should quit Kamuli woman seat, says rival". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

[5] Paul, Sonia (26 February 2016). "Will This Woman Replace Uganda's Strongman?". Slate Magazine. New York City. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

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The Right Honourable Rebecca Kadaga


First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 June 2021
President	Yoweri Museveni
Prime Minister	Robinah Nabbanja
Preceded by	Moses Ali
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda
In office 19 May 2011 – 24 May 2021
Preceded by	Edward Ssekandi
Succeeded by	Jacob Oulanyah

Personal details
Born	(1956-05-24) 24 May 1956 (age 68) Kamuli, Uganda
Citizenship	Uganda
Political party	National Resistance Movement
Residence(s)	Kampala, Uganda
Alma mater	Makerere University (LLB) Law Development Center (Diploma in Legal Practice) University of Zimbabwe (MA), (Diploma in Women's Law) Nkumba University (Honorary LLD)
Occupation	Lawyer and politician