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The New Vision Online : Museveni, MPs pay tribute to Byanagwa

Museveni, MPs pay tribute to Byanagwa

Publication date: Monday, 25th January, 2010

Museveni (right) handing an envelope to Byanagwa's widow, Dinah, at the special sitting of

Parliament yesterday

By Joyce Namutebi

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and MPs have paid tribute to the Rukiga legisl ator, Samuel Byanagwa Rwamafa, who died of prostate cancer at Mulago Hospital on Saturday. Museveni went to Parliament at midday yesterday where the body lay in st ate in the central lobby. He extended condolences of the Government and the NRM to which Byanagwa sub scribed, the family, MPs and friends for the loss. "He was with us at university (Dar-es-Salaam) although he was behin d us. He was a polite person,"

Museveni recalled.

He added that Byanagwa later worked at Makerere University where he serv ed for a long time. "I was surprised to see he had joined politics because he was not the type," Museveni told mourners who included MPs, the widow, Dinah, children and friends. Byanagwa defeated FDC's Jack Sabiiti in the 2006 parliamentary electi ons. Museveni admitted that he did not know that Byanagwa had fallen sick. He handed over an envelope to

Dinah and signed the condolence book.

Byanagwa will be buried today at Bucundura in Kasambya sub-county in Kab ale after a funeral service at Muhanga Church of Uganda, which he built for the residents. After the President left, the body was taken to the Parliament's Cham ber for MPs to pay tribute to their colleague. The motion was moved by Janet Mukwaya, the Minister in the Office of the

Prime Minister and

http://www.newvision.co.ug/PA/8/13/708091 (1 of 2)28/01/2010 09:07:49 The New Vision Online : Museveni, MPs pay tribute to Byanagwa seconded by Ibrahim Byandala, the chairperson of the physical infrastruc ture committee to which

Byanagwa was a member.

Byanagwa is the seventh member of the Eighth Parliament to pass on. The

MPs described their

colleague as a humble, dedicated, loyal NRM cadre. They also described him as a mature politician, consensus builder, relia ble, punctual and a person who offered guidance and advice to the young MPs. Noting that several of their colleagues in Parliament had died of cancer , opposition MP Charles Angiro advised all MPs to go for a medical test. At a funeral service at St. Andrew Church Bukoto on Sunday, Andrew Niwab ine, who spoke on behalf of Byanagwa's friends, disclosed that before his death, he had advised m en to go for prostate cancer checks so that the disease is contained early if detected. NRM secretary general Amama Mbabazi said Byanagwa was exemplary in his s upport for the party and exhibited discipline. Christine Bako (FDC), on behalf of the leader of the opposition, descr ibed Byanagwa as intelligent and a dedicated NRM member. This article can be found on-line at: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/708091 © Copyright 2000-2010 The New Vision. All rights reserved. http://www.newvision.co.ug/PA/8/13/708091 (2 of 2)28/01/2010 09:07:49quotesdbs_dbs47.pdfusesText_47

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