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Bobi Wine Mourns Speaker Jacob Oulanyah

Bobi Wine overcome by emotions.

National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has mourned the passing of Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah.

On March 20, President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni announced that Speaker Oulanyah had died. (Read Story Here).

“I join the people of Uganda in mourning the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah. On behalf of the NUP and on my own behalf, I extend deep condolences to his family, friends, the people of Acholi Sub-region and all Ugandans. May his soul rest in peace,” wrote Bobi Wine.

But the former Kyadondo East MP didn’t speak on the legacy and character of the fallen speaker.

Earlier, opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye also mourned Oulanyah. (Read Story Here).

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Samuel Kamugisha

Samuel Kamugisha is a Ugandan journalist, editor, language instructor, poet, fiction and non-fiction writer. A Makerere University graduate of Journalism and Communication with a decade-long experience in news reporting, writing and editing, Kamugisha is Editor at The Pearl Times. Most of his previous work was published by The Observer. When he is not doing journalism work -- which is rare -- Kamugisha will be reading or writing a short story or a poem, or caught up in the writer's block.