Parliament spokesperson Chris Obore breaks silence on reports that Speaker Jacob Oulanyah is ‘critically ill’

Parliament spokesperson Chris Obore has spoken out on reports that speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah is critically ill and needs to be airlifted abroad for specialized treatment.

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According to Obore, “the Speaker is well and having time with his children at home.”

“He has been in campaigns for more than a year. A family is as important as national duty,” added the director of Communication at Parliament.

Noting that pomp was not Oulanyah’s style, Obore explained that the speaker had decided to run thd institution of Parliament where the deputy speaker’s office is respected.

“Secondly, the Deputy Speaker chairs the House as a shared responsibility not only when the Speaker is away. The new approach is that the deputy speaker works even when the Speaker is in the country not just as a filler,” explained Obore.

“Speaker Oulanyah promised the country that its not about him as the individual but parliament as an institution. He is in touch with his deputy and they run the show together. Pomp is not his style.”

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Samuel Kamugisha

Samuel Kamugisha is a Ugandan journalist, editor, translator, 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. His other journalistic 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. His new children's book 'Friends of Plastics' has been published by Room to Read and Reading Association of Uganda and can be read here: https://literacycloud.org/stories/7887-friends-of-plastic/

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