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Influential yet controversial, speaker Anita Among's future at NRM is at stake

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Ugandan Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among in Kampala in March 2023.
Ugandan Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among in Kampala in March 2023. © Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters

Aspiring to become the ruling party's third-ranking member, the parliament speaker has acquired considerable influence over MPs. But her rise and wealth are a source of displeasure within her political family and the head of state's clan.

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Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces, in Tan-Tan, Morocco, in May 2024.
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