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Former Iganga Woman MP Kwagala dead
The former National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate represented Iganga district between 2011 and 2016, after defeating the late Hailat Magumba.
Kwagala, 57, who was popularly known as "Muliro Mulege", passed on at a yet-to-be-disclosed hospital in Kampala after being bedridden for some time.
By: Ivan Wakibi, Journalist @New Vision
IGANGA - Former Iganga District Woman Member of Parliament Olivia Kabaale Kwagala has passed away following a long illness.
Kwagala, 57, who was popularly known as "Muliro Mulege", passed on at a yet-to-be-disclosed hospital in Kampala after being bedridden for some time.
The former National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate represented Iganga district between 2011 and 2016, after defeating the late Hailat Magumba.
The district NRM chairperson, Haji Abubaker Walubi, confirmed the death of Kwagala. He promised to inform the party secretariat for support towards the family in burial arrangements.
The district NRM chairperson, Haji Abubaker Walubi, confirmed the death of Kwagala. He promised to inform the party secretariat for support towards the family in burial arrangements.
“The deceased had suffered from an illness for a long time, and we informed President Yoweri Museveni during a thanksgiving ceremony of the Minister for the Presidency, Milly Babalanda and he (Museveni) started contributing towards her medical bills,” Walubi said.
According to Walubi, the deceased was so vocal in advocating for the construction of a modern market for the business community in Iganga municipality.
"She was also advocating the elevation of Iganga General Hospital to referral status, which is yet to be achieved to date," he said.
By the time of her death, Kwagala had no child and no official husband.
According to Walubi, the deceased was so vocal in advocating for the construction of a modern market for the business community in Iganga municipality.
"She was also advocating the elevation of Iganga General Hospital to referral status, which is yet to be achieved to date," he said.
By the time of her death, Kwagala had no child and no official husband.