Meeting the House Speaker and a Tour of the Ugandan Parliament

We visited the Ugandan Parliament, Kampala, Uganda

We were lucky that we have some connection from Canada and were able to make an appointment to meet wit the house speaker of the Uganda parliament.

Ugandan flags flying high!

Frederick, our driver, all dressed up in his Sunday best came to pick us up from the guest house. We were dressed up as we were meeting the house speaker this morning.

We arrived at the Ugandan parliament building at around 10am. Jonah and Muhai were already there waiting for us. We needed to clear security before entering the building.

A beautiful gigantic wood carved mural adorning the wall of the Ugandan Parliament lobby

 A huge wood craved mural depicting the various animals symbolizing the different Ugandan tribes greets visitors to the government building.




The assistant gave us a tour of the main parliament building and gave us a brief history of the country.

The Ugandan Parliament. Kampala

He also took us into the chamber where the government sits to conduct its business during week days.

The chamber is in green, a colour symbolizing power in Uganda.

The Ugandan Parliament is modeled after the British system with the governing and opposition party.

Students visiting the Ugandan Parliament

It also has a public gallery where the public can come and view the parliament in session.

A group of school children were at the public gallery same time as we were.

Each presidential term lasts for 5 years.

We waited excitedly for the Ugandan House Speaker.

We were fortunate to have the opportunity to meet Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga the house speaker.

We waited excitedly for her in a meeting room on the second floor of the parliament building.












An Uganda lawyer and politician since 2011, Rebecca Kadaga was gracious enough agreeing to meet with our group.

Rebecca Kadaga, House Speaker listened to our presentation

Valerie, Dream Share's founder and organizer of our trip explained to the government the organization, missions and the charitable work Dream Share has been doing for the past few years.

Uganda House Speaker met with Dream Share group from Canada

Valerie did an excellent job!
We were honoured to have meet the House Speaker of Uganda.

Its our hope that in the future Dream Share Uganda will be able to get more support from its government to help the children in this region!

R.T.
At the Ugandan Parliament
Kampala, Uganda
Day 3