Speaker Jacob Oulanyah is dead at the age of 56 after battling bad health for a long time. President Museveni has announced that the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob is dead.
On Sunday, Mr. Museveni said in a tweet that he learned of Oulanyah’s death at 10.30 a.m. “Countrymen and Countrywomen,” says the narrator. I regret to inform you of the passing of the Speaker of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah.
20th March, 2022
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.— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) March 20, 2022
People who were with him and the doctor who was caring for him in the intensive care unit informed me of this tragic news at 10.30 a.m. East African time.
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He was an excellent Cadre. Mr. Museveni stated, “I delayed the announcement so that his children would be informed first.”
The president did not reveal the cause of his death, but close associates said he had stage 4 cancer when he was transferred to Seattle, Washington.
Since February 3, 2022, the speaker has been in the hospital. When he left Uganda on a charted Uganda Airlines flight UR 2, he was hospitalized for seven days in Uganda.
On March 15, 2022, deputy Speaker Ms. Anita Among traveled to the United States to check on Oulanyah. Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Democratic Party president Mr. Nobert Mao, and some of his family members were with her.
On March 18, Ms. Among tweeted that the Speaker “is receiving and responding to treatment under the close supervision of his doctors.” “Let us keep him in our thoughts and prayers for a complete and speedy recovery. I implore the public to respect his and his family’s privacy.”
Unfortunately, our prayers could not save him and he lost his life.
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