Jacob Oulanyah Was Not Poisoned, Says Late Speaker’s Close Friend

Opiyo Oloya, a Canadian-based educationist and a friend to the late Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah, has dismissed claims that the former speaker had been poisoned. 

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

A few days later, the late speaker’s father Nathan Okori said his son Oulanyah was poisoned. (Read Story Here).

Even the Paramount Chief of Acholi, where Oulanyah comes from, claimed the speaker could have been poisoned and demanded answers from government.

The Acholi Paramount Chief wondered why all powerful politicians from the region die after being elevated to higher positions. (Read Story Here).

Now, Oloya, who visited Oulanyah in hospital weeks before he died, says he believed the speaker was not poisoned.

“Jacob Oulanyah died of natural causes,” Oloya told mourners during the pre-funeral service at the late speaker’s residence in Muyenga, Kampala.

He added that the late speaker had fought a good fight.

“Oulanyah went through a lot of pain but he was very strong, he was positive, he went with a clean heart. But he fought, that’s the point I want to emphasize,” said Oloya.

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