Fallen speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah's father, Nathan L'Okori insists his son was poisoned.

Although earlier this week, Health minister Jane Ruth Aceng informed parliament that the postmortem report indicates that Oulanyah died of cancer and multiple organ failure, his father, who, sounded the poison bells soon after his death on March 20 in Seattle in the US, with a calm but serious tone, today Friday reiterated the same accusations - this time before all cameras and several government officials amidst cheers from the locals. 

"I want to state clearly, Jacob was poisoned, he told me…doctors attempted to deal with the poison...By the time he was flown out for treatment he was not in a position to recover,” he said.

President Museveni who announced Oulanyah's death last month, earlier warned those speculating about Oulanyah’s cause of death, directing police to arrest all those he called spreaders of harmful propaganda but it appears like Oulanyah’s family is convinced that he was poisoned. Oulanyah's cousin brother Francis Emuna also speaking at the burial in Omoro insinuated that Oulanyah was being fought from within the state. 

It is not immediately clear who would have been interested in ending Oulanyah’s life who only assumed office last May and served as speaker for just 9 months. However, the poison accusations are not new as we reported back in August last year when Oulanyah was abruptly evacuated to the UK on June 22, 2021.

Museveni ordered a specialized security team to investigate the sudden slump in Oulanyah’s health a few days after assuming office.

Sources at State House intimated to The Observer then that the president was concerned that Oulanyah could have been poisoned after medical reports from the UK, turned out inconclusive. But Museveni this week, insisted Oulanyah died from cancer, saying he was aware of his health condition and treatment in Dubai, Germany, and finally the US and he would have advised him to quit politics so as to preserve his health.