Ugandan Speaker Jacob Oulanyah dies at 56
Oulanyah, 56, was referred abroad on February 3rd for specialized healthcare by doctors at Mulago National Referral hospital where he was first admitted in January
The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Jacob Oulanyah died on Sunday, 20 March, 2022.
His death was announced by President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday at 1:07 pm through his official Twitter account.
“Countrymen and Countrywomen. It is with a lot of sadness that I announce the death of the Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, the Speaker of Parliament,” Museveni’s Tweet read.
Oulanyah, 56, was referred abroad on February 3rd for specialized healthcare by doctors at Mulago National Referral hospital where he was first admitted in January.
On Monday, the Democratic Party President Norbert Mao, alongside chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, deputy speaker Anita Among, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng the minister of Health and Oulanyah’s brother, Francis Emuna hastily flew to Seattle in United States of America to check on him where he was indisposed.
He only served for 9 months and 24 days.
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