President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed that fallen Dokolo District Woman MP Cecilia Ogwal be accorded an official burial.
This has been revealed by the Minister for Presidency and Chairperson of the National Organising Committee, Hon. Babirye Milly Babalanda.
She added that the President will personally attend the late MP’s vigil at Parliament.
“Dear Countrymen/Countrymen, I wish to inform you that the President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Gen. (Rtd.) Kaguta Museveni, has granted an official burial to Hon. Imat Cecilia Atim Ogwal, the fallen Dokolo District Woman Representative (DWR). Furthermore, H.E. the President will personally attend the vigil in honour of the late Parliament,” Hon. Babalanda said in a statement on January 20, 2024.
“We extend sympathies to H.E. the President upon losing a friend, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Among, Parliament at large, the Ogwal family, and Ugandans at large. May Imat Cecilia’s soul rest in eternal peace,” she added.
Hon. Ogwal, 77, breathed her last on Thursday, January 18, 2024, in India after a short illness.
Ogwal was one of the longest-serving legislators, having served since 1996. At the time of her death, she was a member of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure and Budget.
She also served as Uganda’s representative to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and a Parliamentary Commissioner in the 10th Parliament.
