Oulanyah’s father, Bobi Wine summoned
The Uganda Police is yet to summon a section of politicians and individuals for fueling reports that the deceased Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Jacob Oulanyah was poisoned.
Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga told journalists at a press briefing on Monday that they have commenced the process to summon individuals behind these allegations.
Hon. Oulanyah died on March 19, 2022 after a long hospitalization in Washington cancer hospital in Seattle USA. According to the Ministry for Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, he died from multiple organ failure resulting from lymphoma cancer.
However, there have been mushrooming reports from close relatives,politicians and bloggers that the deceased was poisoned long before he died by unidentified persons.
On Friday last week during the burial of Oulanyah, his 92 year old father Nathan Okori reiterated statements he made earlier indicating that his son succumbed to poison and not cancer as reported by his doctors. L’okori insisted that the deceased confided in him that his illness was linked to poison and made worse by it.
“I’m not mourning in vain. I want to say it clearly. Jacob was poisoned. He told me. The poison affected his health so much and by the time he was flown out for treatment, it was too late. He could not recover” Okori, said on Friday
Enanga now says a section of politicians including Hon. Oulanyah’s father will be required to report to police to make statements on their allegations. Others include; National Unity Platform boss Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, ICT Minister Chris Baryomunsi, National Resistance Movement Vice chairman for Buganda region, Godfrey Suubi Kiwanda ,Kilak County MP Gilbert Oulanyah, Oyam MP, Hon. Santa Okot, local musician Bosmic Otim among others.
“As you are all aware the cause of death of Hon Jacob Oulanyah was clearly revealed as arising out of multiple organ failure. In all death by poisoning the establishment of substance is vital.Medical records prove there was no poison in the systematic circulation. We are therefore summoning all those persons with other causes of death including poisoning for further interview and statement recording.” says Enanga
Oulanyah’s father, Bobi Wine summoned
Enanga say from all the hospitals visited in Uganda, Germany and the United States of America, there was no trace of poison found in his system.
“But its also important for people to note that the Speaker also attended other hospitals in Uganda like the Uganda Cancer Institute and abroad in Germany after he was diagnosed with poison in 2019, from all these hospitals, there was no trace of cancer seen according to medical records, therefore any other cause of death is a dangerous speculation that must be avoided, “ he says
Enanga says this topic has continued to generate debate from a section of politicians. Enanga says the summoned parties should provide a chain of evidence of how the crime was committed, beyond reasonable doubt, by whom, how the poison was acquires, proof of access to the victim whether directly or indirectly, and any parallel certificate of death, suggesting their version of cause of death.
Government on cause of death
According to the Minister for Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng the fallen Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Jacob Oulanyah succumbed to multiple organ failure from cancer he had been battling since 2019.
Aceng presented a medical report on the cause of death of the fallen Speaker at a special sitting in Parliament on Tuesday.
“The immediate cause of death was multi organ failure. The heart failed, the lungs failed, the liver failed and the kidney failed,” Dr.Aceng said
Muzei Okori trashes medical report
The health Minister says Oulanyah had been receiving treatment (chemotheraphy) at the Uganda Cancer Institute since 2019 under the guidance of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), Director Jackson Oryem.
Aceng reveals that on January 23rd ,2022, the deceased was admitted at the Mulago National Referral Hospital for two weeks after suffering a bone marrow infection culminating from continuous chemotherapy.
Aceng says the deceased’s health condition can be attributed to a health condition he suffered while a guild speaker and student at the Makerere University. He reportedly underwent a lymphatic System Depletion that led to the removal of his spleen.
Meanwhile, (UCI), Dr Jackson Oryem also revealed that the fallen Speaker of Parliament Hon Jacob Oulanyah Emeritus was hit by several complications that catalyzed his demise.
Oryem while delivering a a medical report on the late Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds told mourners that the deceased was battling cancer called Lymphoma at stage 3, but failed to receive treatment because his bone marrow was not functional.
According to Oryem, he was first approached by in late February 2020, when he was stranded and in need of assistance in treating the cancer. Oulanyah reportedly confided in Oryem about his health status and a team of doctors from Mulago was instituted to start chemotherapy treatment on him.
However, after a series of successful treatment, the deceased suffered hernia and was subjected to an operation that later affected his condition. He adds that his bone marrow was infected and damaged .
“And that meant that we completely had a different situation, he was very ill and couldn’t eat, everything was coming through the vein,including his feeding.Now , the cancer issue takes a back seat because the emergency is saving him.And to cut the long story short,immediately an arrangement was made and he was airlifted to Dubai“ he explained
Compiled by Minah Nalule
