The death of Moroto Woman MP, Annie Logiel, has triggered an outpouring of grief and praise for her, mainly from fellow MPs.
Logiel, 48, died Tuesday morning in Denmark where she had gone for an operation to remove a tumor in her brain. According to Logiel’s family, the MP was successfully operated on but later developed complications leading to her death.
Chris Obore, the director of communication and public affairs at parliament, said arrangements are underway to return her body. Hillary Lokwang, the MP for Ik county in Kaabong district, said in Logiel’s death, they have lost a mother figure that will be missed for a long time.
He described the late as a person with a unique character, who was social and hardworking. A shocked Margaret Aleper, the Kotido Woman MP, said the Karamoja parliamentary caucus would meet immediately.
Peter Ken Lochap, the Moroto RDC, expressed shock at the MP’s demise. He described the deceased as a peace-loving leader who united the Bokora of Napak and Matheniko of Moroto during the warring times. Logiel, a first-term legislator in the 10th parliament, was born on March 27 1968.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Kampala International University, obtained in 2014. She also holds two diplomas in nursing and midwifery from Nsambya Nursing Training School and Health Administration and Management.
She also got a master’s degree in International Health from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She went to Kangole Girls for her secondary education, which she completed in 1986 and Lotome Girls primary school for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) in 1982.
Before joining parliament, Logiel was the executive director for Karamoja Indigenous and Modern Health project from 2008 to 2016. She also served as a senior nursing officer, Moroto regional referral hospital, between 2006 and 2008. She is survived by two children; a boy and a girl.