Political Analyst: Mao’s Speakership Bid a Calculated Power Play for Bigger Political Leverage

Norbert Mao’s entry into the race for Speaker of Uganda’s 12th Parliament is less about securing the chair and more about repositioning himself within the country’s power structure, political commentator Wilfred Businge has argued.

As the contest intensifies, Mao’s move is now being interpreted as a strategic gamble aimed at expanding his influence beyond the Justice and Constitutional Affairs docket.