Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has described Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine and Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake’s health as “painful.”
Oulanyah on Wednesday visited Bobi Wine and Zaake who are currently nursing wounds at Rubaga Hospital and Makindye Military Barracks respectively. Whereas the visit to Makindye was out of bounds to the media, journalists were later allowed to accompany Oulanyah at Rubaga Hospital where he visited Zaake.
Oulanyah said that the MPs were in lots of pain, but were recovering well without any internal injuries as painted on social media and specifically singled out Bobi Wine whom he said was in deep pain, but remained smiling widely with him.
“What I have seen is that both of them are in pain. I talked with Hon. Kyagulanyi but he is in a lot of pain. He is however in a uniquely humorous mood and we were laughing with him. Hon. Zaake and Hon. Kyagulanyi have no internal injuries. All injuries are external arising from several beatings when they were arrested,” Oulanyah said.
“There is no other complication Bobi Wine has, he was in a uniquely humorous mood and we were laughing with him, but he is in pain” Oulanyah added.
Oulanyah further condemned the acts of torture on the MPs and said that the situation could have been avoided.
“This situation should not have happened. It is sad that Abiriga was brutally murdered and the campaigns to replace him have caused people this pain. The extent to which violence is escalating in this country is worrying and we should all be concerned. We need to reflect on these matters and find a way forward,” Oulanyah said.
