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KAMPALA - The former Dokolo district woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal, requested Government to install a specialised cancer testing machine at the Mulago Hospital-based cancer institute before she was flown to India for treatment, the health minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has said. 

Ogwal said the installation of the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) machine at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), would curb health tourism. 

“On the day we were taking her to hospital, her wish was for the government to install a PET scan at Mulago hospital this year. I pray that her wish is granted,” Aceng told mourners on Friday during Ogwal’s vigil at Bugolobi in Kampala. 

PET imaging scans are used to trace or check signs of cancer, heart disease, and brain disorders. 

The Dokolo district woman MP succumbed to cancer in India. She was 77. 
According to the funeral programme released by the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, Ogwal’s remains will be flown into the country on Sunday.  

Among added that a special Parliament sitting will be held on Monday next week for lawmakers to pay tribute to Ogwal. 

The minister for presidency, Milly Babalanda said President Yoweri Museveni will also attend the special sitting at Parliament on Monday. 

The tentative funeral programme noted that Ogwal, who has been accorded an official burial by Museveni, will be buried on Saturday next week—January 27.