Speaker Oulanyah is hospitalized
The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has finally put to rest rumors surrounding the health of the Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah.
There has been protracted rumours circulating various social media platforms that Hon Oulanyah is fighting for his life at an undisclosed hospital abroad. Unconfirmed rumours have it that the Speaker of Parliament is battling colon cancer at a serious stage.
During Plenary on Tuesday afternoon, Hon Among informed the August House that Hon Oulanyah was reffered for specialised treatment abroad by consultants at Mulago Regional Referral Hospital where he was previously admitted for two weeks.
Without divulging any further details as to which condition he is suffering from, Among revealed that the Speaker is progressing well since he left the country for treatment on Friday, February 04 2022.
“During the period he was receiving medical attention at Mulago Hospital, medical experts in consultation with his personal doctors agreed to take him out of Mulago to a specialized hospital,” the Deputy Speaker said adding that, ‘we pray that he recovers fast and comes back to resume his job’.
Speaker Oulanyah is hospitalized
The Government Chief Whip, Hon Thomas Tayebwa asked MP’s to stand in prayer with the speaker for his speedy recovery.
“We pray for the recovery of the Speaker. He told us last time that it has to be we and the moment we work as we in this House, then we will ensure that work goes on in case one of us is indisposed,” Tayebwa said.
This is not the first time that the Speaker has disappeared from the public eye under similar circumstances. In June last year, the Speaker went missing shortly after chairing the budget reading.
The last time Speaker Oulanyah was spotted in the public eye is in June during the 2021/2022 budget reading. The Omoro county Mp drew attention from both the public and his fellow legislators.
The lion of Omoro would later appear on July 29, 2022 in a flamboyant entrance to Parliament looking thinner but stable and fine. That Thursday afternoon, Speaker Oulanyah tagged a section of legislators hypocrites for demanding to know his whereabouts.
Oulanyah made a dominant entry to the August house clad in a navy blue suit, looking poised and ready to resume work.
While at Parliament Oulanyah made an intentional entrance to an induction workshop for opposition MP’s where he made his first remarks.
Oulanyah blasted“Some of you had made it a habit to demand my presence, yet for one and half years when I never chaired or even appeared in Parliament you didn’t raise it, now I am away for a week and they are like… Acholis are going to demonstrate. Let’s stick to standard principles. Let us have one standard with which we shall be judged.”
