Former Speaker of Parliament Hon Rebecca Kadaga has described her departed successor as “key leader.”
Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah assumed the office of Speaker of Parliament last year after massively defeating Kadaga in a hotly contested race.
“At this trying moment, I send sincere condolences to the children, the mother and other members of Rt Hon Oulanyah s family as well as friends and relatives The NRM party, the Parliament and the Country have lost a key leader Condolences to HE the President,” Kadaga tweeted shortly after President Museveni announced Oulanyah’s death.
“It is with a lot of sadness that I announce the death of the Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, the Speaker of Parliament.
I got information of this sad news at 10.30am, East African time from People that have been with him and the doctor that was caring for him in the intensive care unit. He was a good Cadre. I delayed the announcement so that his children would be informed first,” reads Museveni’s brief statement.
Oulanyah breathed his last in Seattle hospital in America where he was admitted.
