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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Parliament of Uganda will hold a special sitting to honour the former State Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Rtd Col Charles Engola.<\/p>\n

Engola was shot dead by his body guard Wilson Sabiiti, who later on also shot himself in a neighbouring salon last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In a notice issued to all the members of Parliament, Mr Adolf Mwesige Kasaija, the Clerk to Parliament, on May 5, said Parliament will honour the late minister in a special sitting tomorrow, starting at 2pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cNotice is hereby given that there will be a Special Sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, May 9 to pay tribute to the Late Hon. Okello Charles Patrick Engola Macodwogo, the former Minister of State for Gender, Labour and Social Development (Labour Employment & Industrial Relations) who passed away on Tuesday May 2,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Adding:\u201cThe body of the Late Hon. Okello Charles Patrick Engola Macodwogo will be brought to Parliament and lay in State for Hon. Members to pay their last respects on Tuesday, May 9 at 9am. Thereafter, Parliament will hold a Special Sitting at 2pm in his honour.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 64-year-old minister lived at a rented house in an isolated and bushy part of Kyanja, a residential neighbourhood northeast of Kampala.<\/p>\n

The soldier\u2019s sudden eruption into violence, which left the minister dead and his aide-de-camp (ADC) Lt Ronald Otim writhing from gunshot wounds, caught them unawares and stirred a tumultuous escape, according to the late minister\u2019s driver, Mr Sam Odongo.<\/p>\n

Mr Odongo was Engola\u2019s official chauffeur for 15 years.<\/p>\n

The shooting of Engola shocked the nation.<\/p>\n

It also left several ministers shaken.<\/p>\n

Many rushed to ask mental health experts to examine the state of the mental health of the guards before being deployed to guard ministers and top government officials.<\/p>\n

Engola was also the Oyam North MP.<\/p>\n

Days after his demise , a social media blogger, Isma Olaxess, alias Jajja Iculi, was also gunned down on Sunday night at Kyanja, the same area where the minister was killed.<\/p>\n

President Museveni last week directed that the late Engola be accorded an official burial, which set ground for his body to be taken to Parliament for viewing by colleagues.<\/p>\n

Ms Milly Babalanda, the Minister of Presidency, last week said the government will implement the President\u2019s directive to ensure that the former minister is accorded an official burial.<\/p>\n

He will be buried on Saturday, in Iceme Sub-county, Oyam District.<\/p>\n

funeral programme<\/p>\n

On Tuesday May 9, the body arrives at Parliament and lies in State followed by a special sitting at 2pm.<\/p>\n

The body will leave Parliament at 3pm.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, there will be a funeral service at Kololo ceremonial grounds from 9am and thereafter, the body departs for the deceased\u2019s home at Kyanja, Nakawa Division in Kampala.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the body departs for Oyam District at 8am. A council sitting will be held in his honour.<\/p>\n

Thereafter, the body will be taken to the deceased\u2019s home in Awangi Village, Iceme Sub-county in Oyam District.<\/p>\n

On Friday, there will be vigil at the deceased\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, there will be a funeral service at 10am followed by the burial ceremony at 3pm<\/p>\n

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