Eight out of the 11 newly elected women MPs were sworn in during the plenary chaired by Speaker Edward Ssekandi. Former Lira Municipality MP Ceclia Ogwal, took the spotlight during the ceremony. Ogwal, popularly known as the 'iron lady,' had lost her seat in the last parliamentary elections to Jimmy Akena, son of former President Milton Obote.
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