A Ugandan woman Margaret Zziwa (above) is the new Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly with its headquarters in Arusha Tanzania.
Zziwa beat her Ugandan rival in a hotly contested race which went in a second round to get a winner.
Zziwa beat her sole rival Dora Byamukama. Both Zziwa and Byamukama belong to the Uganda ruling party NRM.
In the first round Byamukama got 18 votes while Margaret Zziwa 27. The winner had to obtain about 30 votes which is two-thirds of the members.
Before the voting exercise, Byamukama was seen as a front runner for speaker job.
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