Former Miss Uganda and Dokolo District Woman Member of Parliament (MP) Cecilia Ogwal has passed away.
Her death has been confirmed by the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, in a social media post.
“It is with a heavy heart and pain that I announce the passing of our Mother, Mentor, and role model, Imat Cecilia Atim Ogwal, the Honourable Member representing the Women of Dokolo District. I send my sincere sympathies to her dear husband and the family, friends, the people of Lango, and colleagues! May her soul find eternal rest,” the Speaker wrote.
Reports indicate that the 77-year-old succumbed to cancer at a hospital in India.
Ogwal served as the Acting Secretary-General of Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) from 1985 to 1992. The fallen politician was part of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Constitution.
Ogwal lost her Lira Municipality seat to Jimmy Akena during the 2006 parliamentary elections. In 2011, she won the Women’s Representative seat for Dokolo District on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party ticket.