Government Issues Boniface Byanyima Funeral Programme

President Yoweri Museveni has directed that former Democratic Party (DP) chairman Boniface Byanyima be accorded a state burial.

Byanyima, father to Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima and father-in-law to opposition kingpin Dr Kizza Besigye, died on May 16, aged 97.

A meeting chaired by Premier Dr Ruhakana Rugunda and attended by DP President General Norbert Mao, family members and other government officials on Wednesday drafted the following programme:

Tricia Ishimwe