Ugx 50m as condolence to Oulanyah’s father
The Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Anita Among has offered her condolence to the bereaved father to her late predecessor Jacob Oulanyah L’Okori.
Among arrived at the burial grounds in Ajuri village, Lalogi sub-county, Omoro district where the ceremony to finally send off the deceased is happening. Clad in white attire, the Speaker of Parliament made her way to the tent where the helpless 92-year -old father to her ‘twin brother’ was seated, knelt down and handed him a brown heavy envelope.
Sources confirm that UGX 50m was stuffed in the envelope as her personal condolence to Muzei Lokori as the bread winner to the family. Among says the money will be used as initial upkeep for the family in the eternal absence of the son Oulanyah.
Pledge cards have also been put in place for politicians and well wishers to commit to taking care of the orphans and stranded relatives to the deceased speaker.
Speaking at the funeral, Muzei L’Okori who spoke in the local dialect said Oulanyah was not just his but a son to the whole country. He said Oulanyah has been taking care of many people who depended on him.
He asked the Speaker Among to emulate Oulanyah in the same position in his absence.
“Madam Speaker now that you’re occupying the seat that Jacob was occupying, you have to take his place and act like a parent,” Okori, said
He further emphasized that his son didn’t die of natural causes but was poisoned.
“I’m not mourning in vain. I want to say it clearly. Jacob was poisoned. He told me. The poison affected his health so much and by the time he was flown out for treatment, it was too late. He could not recover” Okori, said
Ugx 50m as condolence to Oulanyah’s father
According to the Minister for Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng the fallen Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Jacob Oulanyah succumbed to multiple organ failure from cancer he had been battling since 2019.
Aceng was presenting the medical report on the cause of death of the fallen Speaker at a special sitting in Parliament on Tuesday.
“The immediate cause of death was multi organ failure. The heart failed, the lungs failed, the liver failed and the kidney failed,” Dr.Aceng said
The Director Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), Dr Jackson Oryem also revealed that the fallen Speaker of Parliament Hon Jacob Oulanyah Emeritus was hit by several complications that catalyzed his demise.
Oryem while delivering a a medical report on the late Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds told mourners that the deceased was battling cancer called Lymphoma at stage 3, but failed to receive treatment because his bone marrow was not functional.
