He was elected to that position on 24 May 2021, after defeating his tenacious rival the then incumbent Speaker Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga.

[4] Oulanyah was born in the then Gulu District, on 23 March 1965 to Nathan L'okori and Karen Atwon.

In 1995, he attended the Law Development Centre (LDC), where he obtained a postgraduate diploma in legal practice.

In March 2011, Oulanyah was elected to represent Omoro County then in Gulu District, in the Ninth Parliament, this time on the NRM ticket.

[citation needed] On 24 May 2021, Jacob Oulanyah was voted Speaker of Parliament in a race against his former boss, Rt.

[9] An Airbus A330-800 was chartered from Uganda Airlines for the purpose, at a cost to the Ugandan taxpayer of USh 1.7 billion (US$460,000, €390,000).

[10] It later emerged that Among had checked on Oulanyah at his home on 29 January after she and other associates of his had been unable to contact him by telephone for three days.

Chris Obore, director communication and public affairs for the Ugandan Parliament, subsequently claimed on Twitter that "hackers" using a virtual private network had altered the article.

[1][14] His father Nathan L'okori subsequently claimed that Oulanyah "did not die of natural causes, he was poisoned".

Information minister Chris Baryomunsi denied this allegation, requesting the public to "ignore" it.