Prominet National Unity Platform-NUP and human rights Lawyer Anthony Wameli is currently bedridden at a hospital in the US with colon cancer.

Wameli was last spotted in the public eye in late May this year at the NUP offices in Kamwokya where the party was announcing new leaders for various positions in Parliament.

His latest physical assignment was at the General Court Martial where he was representing 36 NUP supporters who were arrested from Kalangala district during the campaigns of their party president, Robert Kyagulanyi.

That same month, Wameli was reportedly admitted to a private clinic in Kasangati after he suffered serious abdominal complications.

Now in the latest development, the brilliant human rights counsel is battling stage four colon cancer at the Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts US since he was diagnosed in September 2021.

In a phone interview with the Uganda Radio Network -URN , Wameli confirmed that after he was admitted in June, a thorough biopsy confirmed that he had stage four cancer. Wameli says that he has since commenced treatment and is responding well.

“As for the bills, I am meeting them with the help of family, relatives, and well-wishers. It’s difficult to estimate how much has so far been spent and what is expected to be spent but one thing is for sure, skyrocketing of the bill is expected,” he said.

Stage four colon cancer occurs when cancer spreads to other tissue and organs such as the liver. It may also reach the lungs, the lymph nodes, or the lining of the abdominal cavity.

Wameli, a Pastor at Ebenezer Christian Fellowship in Kanyanya rose to the limelight in 2017 when he represented the suspects accused of murdering former Police Spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his bodyguard Kenneth Erau and driver, Godfrey Mambewa.  

He is also the legal representative of Jamilu Mukulu, the alleged head of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF and former presidential candidates retired Lt. General Henry Tumukunde and Robert Kyagulanyi. 

He also has instructions to represent hundreds of NUP currently supporters facing trial in the Makindye based General Court-Martial and suspects implicated in the murder of General Katumba Wamala’s daughter Brendah Nantongo and driver Harunah Kayondo.