The Uganda Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah has been pronounced dead on Sunday 20th March 2022.
Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah, is a Ugandan agricultural economist, lawyer and politician, who served as the Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda.
He was elected to that position on 24 May 2021, after defeating the former Speaker Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga
The blacksmith news of Oulanyah’s passing on was broken by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni through his Twitter account on Sunday afternoon.
20th March, 2022
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
President Museveni revealed how he delayed the announcement so that the late Jacob Oulanya’s children would be informed first.
“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 mourned: “He was a good Cadre. I delayed the announcement so that his children would be informed first,” President Museveni’s tweet reads.
Jacob Oulanyah, who was last seen in Parliament in December 2021, spent weeks in Seattle, USA where he was receiving treatment under the close attention of his doctors.
The 56-year-old politician was flown abroad for treatment on February 4th after spending weeks at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Commiserations to the family of Jacob Oulanyah. May His Soul Rest In Peace!
