Uganda's president and National Resistance Movement Chairperson Yoweri Museveni has refuted allegations that he and his government have a hand in the
death of Butaleja Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda which occurred of Friday night under unclear circumstances.
Speaking at a press conference held at State House Entebbe, Museveni said he had only mentioned the name of the deceased MP on Thursday when he visited Parliament to brief the house on the controversial oil bill that had caused stiff debate and claims of some Legislators having been bribed to pass the bill.
He warned that the government would arrest anybody claiming it had a hand in Nebanda’s death.
“When you malign the government and interfere with the work of the police and you spread lies, then, the laws can handle you because police investigations are protected by the law,” He said.
death of Butaleja Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda which occurred of Friday night under unclear circumstances.
Speaking at a press conference held at State House Entebbe, Museveni said he had only mentioned the name of the deceased MP on Thursday when he visited Parliament to brief the house on the controversial oil bill that had caused stiff debate and claims of some Legislators having been bribed to pass the bill.
He warned that the government would arrest anybody claiming it had a hand in Nebanda’s death.
“When you malign the government and interfere with the work of the police and you spread lies, then, the laws can handle you because police investigations are protected by the law,” He said.
The President said the last words he spoke with Nebanda were about travelling with her to her constituency to assess the condition of the health centres in the district after she had complained about lack of drugs.
“Therefore, I could not believe my ears. I think it was about 9 o’clock at night on that Friday, when Mr Kasule Lumumba, our chief whip, said Nebanda had died. It was totally unexpected. I could not believe it,”“Our daughter Nebanda died when she was very young, which is very painful. I had seen her just on Thursday when I went to address Parliament. My daughter has been doing a lot of kyejo (being stubborn) and we are always making fun with her.
“On Thursday, when I was making the speech, I talked about drugs in health centres and I said the situation in the health centres has improved…then Nebanda said, ‘No it has not improved.’ then I said, we shall arrange and we go to Butaleja together…”
The President also warned the media against what he called " Irresponsible reporting" on the Legislator's death saying they will be delt with accordingly if they don't desist from the same. “We shall find out why they did this. But you should know that these newspapers have been doing this for a long time. And they do it mainly against the government.”
The president consoling Nebanda's mother in Entebbe
Sending his condolences to the family of Ms Nebanda, the President said: “Nebanda will not be easy to replace but this was done by some power beyond everybody’s control here. But if it was done by an enemy, we shall get him or her.”
In a related story, Nebanda’s colleagues challenged an earlier claim by police that a drugs overdose was to blame for her death. Dr Chris Baryomunsi, a parliamentary commissioner and medical practitioner, who represented Parliament at the post-mortem exercise, ruled out drug abuse and natural causes. “During the post-mortem we were able to exclude conditions that kill you suddenly, things like heart attack, blood pressure, blood clot. We also excluded any form of injuries caused by way of using weapons, strangulation, physical strangle or rape,” he said.
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