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\n KAMPALA \u2014 Joel Ssenyonyi, the outgoing Leader of the Opposition in Uganda\u2019s 11th Parliament, has officially handed over all property attached to the Office of the Leader of Opposition following his swearing-in to the 12th Parliament.<\/p>\n
Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi during the hand over ceremony at Parliament on Friday. KAMPALA \u2014 Joel Ssenyonyi, the outgoing Leader of the Opposition in Uganda\u2019s 11th Parliament, has officially handed over all property attached to the Office of the Leader of Opposition following his swearing-in to the 12th Parliament. Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi during the hand over ceremony at Parliament on Friday. Speaking shortly after taking the oath on …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3659155457675267_172535249438148":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of.jpg",2048,1148,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-768x431.jpg",618,347,true],"large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-1024x574.jpg",618,346,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-1536x861.jpg",1536,861,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of.jpg",2048,1148,false],"tie-small":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-110x75.jpg",110,75,true],"tie-medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-310x165.jpg",310,165,true],"tie-large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-310x205.jpg",310,205,true],"slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-660x330.jpg",660,330,true],"big-slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ssenyonyi-Hands-Over-Office-of-Leader-of-Opposition-Ahead-of-1050x525.jpg",1050,525,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSpeaking shortly after taking the oath on Friday, Ssenyonyi handed over the official vehicle, office, and security detail attached to the position to the Director in charge of the Office of the Leader of Opposition at Parliament.
\n\u201cAfter taking oath for the 12th Parliament, I can\u2019t purport that I am the Leader of Opposition anymore because the new Parliament has no leadership as of now,\u201d Ssenyonyi said during the handover ceremony.
\nHe further directed the office director to transfer all the property to the Clerk to Parliament and requested that the office continue supporting whoever will be appointed to assume the position.
\nSsenyonyi assumed office as Leader of Opposition on January 10, 2023, replacing Mathias Mpuuga, who had served in the role since 2021.
\nThe position of Leader of Opposition is established under Section 6(b) of the Administration of Parliament Act (Cap. 257). The officeholder is elected internally by the opposition party with the highest number of seats in Parliament.
\nThe Leader of Opposition is also responsible for appointing and chairing the shadow cabinet, which scrutinises government policies, proposes alternative positions, and influences legislation debated on the floor of Parliament.
\nWith the National Unity Platform holding the largest number of opposition legislators in the 11th Parliament, the party is expected to appoint the next Leader of Opposition for the 12th Parliament.<\/p>\n\n
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