President Museveni has granted the late Margaret Baba
Diri an Official burial. The President’s message was conveyed by the RDC Koboko
Emmy Mitala to the Central Organizing Committee.
According to Mitala, the state requested the burial
programme to be postponed from Wednesday to Thursday. //Cue
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Emmanuel Banya, the Chairman Central Organizing
Committee for the funeral said all
arrangements are in place to ensure the burial ceremony is befitting.
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Baba Diri died on Frida while being
transported to Gary Homes Hospital in Maganjo, Kawempe Division in Kampala.
Baba Diri was visually
impaired and joined Parliament in 1996 as a lawmaker for PWDs and later
in 2005, she became the Woman MP for Koboko District until 2021, making her one
of the longest-serving legislatures.
She has been eulogized as a dedicated
leader and an irreplaceable leader. She went to Kyambogo University and worked at St. Charles Lwanga
College Koboko as a Teacher, at the National Union of Disabled Persons Uganda and the Parliament of Uganda.
A regional council of local
governments will hold a special session in honour of her dedicated service in
Koboko district Council Hall on Wednesday. She will be buried in her home in Midia in Koboko Municipal Council on
Thursday
