The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba has lauded the people of Busoga for ‘resting aside’ their differences and pray together for the recovery of the ailing most influential daughter of the land, speaker of Uganda’s parliament Rebecca Kadaga who is also the second national vice chairperson of NRM.
Lumumba said that by their asserted prayers and good work of the doctors handling Kadaga, she has improved from Aga Khan Hospital where she is being treated.
“She has improved but don’t stop praying for her because we as Busoga and Uganda at large want to see that she is totally healed and as strong as before,” said Lumumba.
The Secretary General was on Thursday April 4, 2019 addressing the press in Bugweri district who interviewed her on a number of issues.
“As we speak now, the Rt Hon Rebecca Kadaga is no longer in the Intensive Care Unit.
She can now recognize and speak to those who are checking on her. But we should continue praying for her,” she appealed.
Busoga consortium, which unites all leaders in Busoga for a development agenda to which Kadaga is the patron, has organised prayers for her at Bugembe Cathedral, Jinja on Sunday. The prayers will jointly be led by Anglican and Catholic Bishops. Before all that, today mosques across Busoga shall hold special prayers for Kadaga immediately after Juma.
Last week, the Kamuli NRM leadership organised prayers for Kadaga at St Mark Church which were attended by different categories of people from the district including her mother, Eva Kagoya and family.
Four days later, the ailing speaker was able to have a four-minute phone call to her mother assuring her that she will be fine.
The phone call has calmed the family and thrown some troubled Kamuli district residents and supporters of Kadaga into a frenzy.
The call came through on Tuesday April 2, 2019 as people gathered for routine prayers at Kadaga’s ancestral home in Mbulamuti village, Mbulamuti Sub-county in Kamuli district.
Kagoya answered the call on loudspeaker because of noise from Kadaga’s voters who all wanted to ‘really’ hear her voice.
“Mother, this is your daughter Labeka (Rebecca). The problem is that you worry a lot. But by the grace of God and your prayers, I have improved,” said Kadaga said in Lusoga, sending the congregation into a frenzy that lasted about 15 minutes.
When Kagoya regained her composure, she said she has been ‘extremely worried’ by exaggerated social media reports regarding her daughter’s health.
“God is good all the time because Labeka (Rebecca) has spoken in her usual jovial mood and repeated the very words she said during the last family baptism of our grandchild in Namisambya – that I worry a lot. Shame upon those who are against my daughter, the rumour mongers and rumour seekers. The Lord has taken over,” the visibly excited Kagoya said.