This week, it was Rebecca Kadaga's turn to chair Parliament. Her deputy Jacob Oulanyah last week bravely steered the House to an adjournment after irate MPs attacked government for creating an atmosphere at Parliament.
The images from Tuesday depicted a wider schism that had many shocked faces inside the chamber, open brawling with Opposition MPs deep inside the NRM ranks and non-stop chants. The Speaker deserves a prize for picking half a second of space between the discordant notes of the National Anthem to adjourn the House.
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