MPs withdraw from Nebanda death probePublish Date: Dec 21, 2012
Dr Bitekyerezo (L) congratulates pathologist Onzivua after his release from police custody at Dr. Baryomunsi looks on
The team of medical parliamentarians led by Kinkizi West MP Chris Baryomunsi has officially withdrawn from the investigations into the sudden death of Butaleja woman legislator Cerinah Nebanda.
A report presented by Workers MP Sam Lyomoki to the Parliament
said that they had withdrawn from the investigations because there had
been continuous attempts by the Police to frustrate their efforts to
independently establish the truth.
Reading the report Lyomoki said that despite the fact the
pathologist – Dr. Sylvester Onzivua- commissioned by Parliament to fly
Nebanda’s tissue samples to South Africa for tests went through the
right procedures, and was transporting the samples in bio-hazard bags as
per international standards, Police arrested him even after he had been
cleared by the Health ministry.
Lyomoki said no law or procedure had been breached in attempting to
carry out independent investigations. He attacked the Police saying
they were insistent on harassing them other than pursuing suspects in
resolving the death of Nebanda.
“Police has not been interested in the team appointed by parliament
and the family of the late to carry out independent investigations,” he
said.
Before concluding the report, he said it was not admissible for the
family of the late to continue going through the trauma of losing their
loved one.
Concluding his report, he said the Police should stop harassing the
MPs who were involved in the investigations and the pathologist, Dr.
Onzivua.
The report recommended that no further postmortem should be carried
out on Nebanda’s body and that burial arrangements should proceed. He
also submitted that the report was the position of parliament.
Mbabazi bashes report
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi took the floor and refuted that the
report was the position of the house. “I am not only a member of this
house, but a very old member of this house. That is not the position of
parliament,” Mbabazi said as MPs booed and heckled him. The session
continues.
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