Former Soroti MP Omolo passes away

Former Soroti County Member of Parliament Peter Omolo has passed away.

President Yoweri Museveni visiting Omolo in Soroti Hospital in November 2011. PPU Photo

The former legislator, who passed away aged 62, has been bedridden for over five years after he suffered a stroke.

According to former Kumi County MP, Patrick Amuriat Oboi, Omolo died at one of Mulago Hospital's private clinics in Kampala at around 11.30pm on Thursday night.

Omolo has been an MP until last year when he was replaced by Kenneth Esiangu Eitunganane.

He was a member of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change and served as its district chairman in Soroti.

Sorori Woman MP, Angeline Osegge, said burial arrangements will be communicated soon.