Background and career
Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga (born 24 May 1956) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician serving as the first deputy prime minister of Uganda and the minister for East African Community Affairs, in the Cabinet of Uganda in the eleventh and twelfth Parliament of Uganda. She previously served as the speaker of the Parliament of Uganda from 19 May 2011 to May 2021.
She was the first woman to be elected deputy speaker and, later, speaker in the history of the Parliament of Uganda. She succeeded Edward Ssekandi, who served as speaker from 2001 to 2011.
She is also the current member of Parliament for the Kamuli District Women's Constituency, Busoga sub-region, a position she has held since 1989.
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