BREAKING NEWS: Veteran Journalist And Former Amuria County MP Onapito Is Dead

In the news this morning, Hon Onapito Ekomoloit has died this morning according to reports. The news of his passing on was first shared by NRM’s Vice Chairperson Eastern Mike Mukula.

Ekomoloit is the former Member of parliament for Amuria county, he’s a veteran journalist and was once president Museveni’s Press secretary. He was also a legal and corporate affairs director and he was last year appointed as the board chair at Nile breweries and a business man.

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Onapito was also once a university lecturer and member on boards of several companies not only at Nile breweries but at the MTN Uganda foundation board of trustees among others. The cause of his death has not been revealed yet.

BREAKING NEWS.!!!
On behalf of the Teso community and the country at large I hereby announce we deep sadness and Pain demise of our brother Hon ONAPITO OKOMOLOIT (RIP) a veteran journalist and former member of parliament AMURIA county …the rest of the details will be…

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— Mukula (@Mukulaa) September 27, 2024 

Colleagues and friends have mourned Onapito including the Speaker of parliament who have described him as a humble and honest man who contributed greatly to the corporate word, the political arena and the media industry.

I am deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our brother Onapito Ekomoloit. He was a journalist of excellence, a former Press Secretary to the President, and a former MP. His honest and humble contributions to our country speak for themselves. My heartfelt sympathies go out… pic.twitter.com/QkArvfD8BF

— Anita Annet Among (@AnitahAmong) September 27, 2024 

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