LATE SPEAKER OULANYAH'S BODY AT KOLOLO FOR STATE FUNERAL

State Funeral in honour of the Late Speaker Jacob Oulanyah at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds


File Photo/Courtesy: Noelyn Nassuuna| The hearse carrying the body of former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah from Parliament Building to Kololo Ceremonial Grounds for a State funeral.



By Ritah Kemigisa  April 6, 2022

The body of the late speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah will today be taken to Kololo ceremonial grounds where a special state funeral service is to be held in his honor.


The state service is to be officiated by President Museveni with the main celebrant being the Church of Uganda Archbishop Kazimba Mugalu.

On Tuesday, Oulanyah’s body spent the night at parliament where legislators paid tribute to the deceased.

According to the minister for the presidency Milly Babalanda, only 1,500 have been invited to attend the event at Kololo ceremonial grounds including MPS, Ministers and family of the deceased among others.

After today’s service, Oulanyah’s body will be airlifted to Lalogi village in Omoro District to give chance to the local people to mourn for their great son.

Oulanyah who succumbed to multiple organ failure will be buried on Friday at this ancestral home in Omoro.



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