PARLIAMENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO FALLEN MINISTER MATEKE

By www.mknewslink.com

In Kampala—

Speaker Anitah Among has received the body of the late State Minister of Defense in Charge of Veteran Affairs and former Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament, Sarah Mateke.

The body of the late Sarah Mateke will lie in state in the foyer for public viewing ahead of a special parliamentary sitting this afternoon, where Members of Parliament are expected to pay tribute and mourn the departed lawmaker.

Her body will be transported to Nyakabingo, Kisoro District at 9:00a.  on Wednesday 11^th Sept.2024 and taken to district Council hall at 2:00 p.m.  for councilors to pay tribute to the late then a church service will be held at 4:00 p.m.

The fallen State Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs (Defence), will be laid to rest in Kisoro district on Thursday.

Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi passed on Nyirabashitsi, who also doubled as Kisoro NRM Woman MP, passed away on Saturday morning.

The minister’s father, Philemon Mateke, said the family members were “rushing her to Mulago hospital but died on arrival.”

He added, “She succumbed to a heart attack.”