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Anita Among, a $600,000 Rolls and bridges burned with Museveni clan

Published on 20.05.2026 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

Anita Among, speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, in Kampala on 2 May 2023. © Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters

The parliamentary speaker's withdrawal from the race for her own re-election has failed to halt her fall from grace. Her influence, wealth, and uncompromising stance towards the head of state have hastened the end of her political career. She is now the subject of police investigations.

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