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Among, who made the revelation on her official twitter account, said it was time for Parliament “to have a debate on the Uganda we want” in honour of Oulanyah’s legacy.
“On this day one year ago, the cold hands of death snatched from us our dear Leader, brother, father, and icon Rt Hon. Jacob L'okorori Oulanyah. Parliament will this week in our sittings honour a man who mentored, taught and inspired us through his life and work. May his legacy inspire hope in all of us to work for a better Country!” she said.
Among added: “We celebrate his legacy and continue to be inspired by his passion for leadership of integrity, a people-centered Parliament, the spirit of Ubuntu and always looking out for one another. As we celebrate his legacy, it is the right time to have that debate that he so much wanted to facilitate, the debate on the Uganda we want.”
On March 20th, former Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, was pronounced dead by doctors at the University of Washington Medical Centre in the US Pacific Northwest coastal city of Seattle, where he had been hospitalised for more than two months.
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Upon his death, the Minister for Health, Jane Ruth Aceng, revealed that the immediate cause of death of Oulanyah, was multiple organ failure.
“The heart, lungs, liver and kidney all failed. The liver started failing while he was in Uganda and the lungs had started collecting fluids,” she said.
The Minister made this revelation while presenting a report on Oulanyah’s health at a special sitting at Parliament in honour of the former speaker on Tuesday, 05 April 2022.
Aceng said that Oulanyah was diagnosed with cancer in 2019.
“He discovered a swelling on the neck, he took it upon himself to seek medical attention in Germany, where the swelling was removed and analysed and he was told that it was cancer," she said, adding that he was started on treatment which he finished at the Uganda Cancer Institute.