The family of former minister and Uganda People’s Army (UPA) rebel leader Peter Iloot Otai have expressed gratitude to President Yoweri Museveni for accepting to have his body returned home and accorded a state funeral. His body has been brought back into the country for burial.
Otai served under Milton Obote 11’s government and went to exile in London in 1985.
Speaking to the media at the party’s headquarters in Kampala, Faizo Muzeyi, head of media and communication, said the party is to accord the late a befitting burial.
Otai’s body will be airlifted from Kololo airstrip tomorrow to Soroti at his ancestral home in Oderai for the vigil. This will be followed by prayers at St. Peter’s cathedral church on Friday then his body will be laid to rest on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a funeral service was held in London for the Uganda community living there at Holy Trinity church Tulse Hill.
