Following the demise of former Speaker of Parliament Rt.Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, an Education Fund has been set up to support the children of the deceased. The Chief Justice Alfonso Owiny- Dollo made the revelation while addressing mourners at Oulanyah’s home.
“We have set up the Jacob Oulanyah Education Trust Fund which I am privileged to chair. It is our vow , our determination that Oulanyah’s children may not be able to see him now but their dreams, pursuit of education will continue as if he was alive,” said the Chief Justice Alfonso Owiny-Dollo.
With the Jacob Oulanyah Education Trust Fund set, the newly elected Speaker of Parliament House Rt.Hon Anita Among asked Members of Parliament to contribute to the Trust Fund.
“Speaker of Parliament has directed that MPs will contribute to the Jacob Oulanyah Education Trust Fund that will be used to sponsor his children in education but also the other children who were being supported by Oulanyah,” stated Parliament’s official page.
She also pledged to the children of the deceased that they are now the responsibility of Parliament.
“The children of Jacob, we want to pledge to you, we as Parliament of Uganda we have an additional responsibility towards Jacob’s children. You are our children as Parliament,” said Speaker Among.
Aside from his children, the former Speaker Oulanyah was sponsoring 101 students at Seroma Christian school.