Oulanyah's burial to cost 2.5bn Ugandan shillings

Former Speaker of the 11th parliament, now the late Jacob Oulanyah will go down in history not only as one of the few speakers to die while in office but also as one of the government big wigs who had one of the most expensive burials in the pearl of Africa

In the early morning hours, government released the burial budget for Oulanyah, which is a whooping 2.5 billion Ugandan shillings. Well, before you start with how many schools or hospitals that money would have constructed, there those who claimed the money was actually too little for the person who held the 3rd most powerful office in the land.

While the money wouldn't have been a big issue, it was the breakdown that raised a lot of eyebrows. With over 200million Ugandan shillings going to A-plus funeral services and 1.1bn for 'burial day', who are going to handle the burial of the deceased, many asked who really owns the funeral services company, to an extent of asking Mr. Google. Why they are so successful? That's a discussion for another day.

As if the A-plus money was not enough, the budget has 312.9million Ugandan Shillings going to Acholi MPs. Yes, you read that right. Is it a token of appreciation? Are they the most affected by Oulanyah's death? Is it a "mouth shutting envelope?" All these were questions Ugandans were asking after the budget was released.

Before you start asking what the rest of the money is going to do, or if the Bakiga MPs should as well claim for a share since they too lost an important person, the former governor, the late Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebire, have a look at the budget breakdown and judge for yourself.

Big budget items on Oulanyah's Funeral;