Body of Fallen Justice Rubby Opio Aweri to lie in state at Parliament on Tuesday
By Bonny Otim Ogwal
Lira City.
The body of the fallen Justice of the Supreme Court Hon. Rubby Opio Aweri will lie in state at Parliament on Tuesday 13th December 2022 for the members of the public to pay their last respects.
This is according to the official program released Thursday evening by the Central Organizing Committee for the sendoff of Rubby Aweri Opio who until his demise was also serving as the Chief Inspector of Courts in Uganda.
Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a dead official is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects.
The body will arrive at Parliament Buildings from his Kawanda home and will lie in state in Parliament on Tuesday from 9:00Am until late in the evening.
On Monday 12th December 2022, the body will be taken to the Judiciary headquarters on Monday for judicial officers and officers of court to pay their last respect and later in the evening proceed to his home in Kawanda, Kampala.
There will be a funeral service at All Saints Cathedral Nakasero on Wednesday 14th December 2022 and there after departs for Lira City where a vigil will be held at his home located in senior quarters, Lira City East Division.
On Thursday 15th December 2022, the body of the late will be taken to Lira City Hall for tribute.
He will be laid to rest on Friday 16th December 2022, at Acung apenyi cell, Kachung Western Ward, Agwata Town Council, Dokolo District starting with funeral service at 10Am.
The Minister for Presidency Milly Babalanda Babirye told Voice of Lango FM FM on Thursday morning that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni directed that Hon Justice Rubby Opio Aweri be accorded Official burial befitting his status.
According to Babalanda, government is making all the necessary preparations to ensure a descent and befitting burial for the fallen Supreme Court judge.
Justice Rubby Aweri 69, died Wednesday morning from Mulago national referral hospital where he was admitted two weeks ago according to the Judiciary.
Justice Aweri Opio was born in Agwata, Dokolo District in 1953 to the late Samwiri Opio
He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University, in Kampala.
He also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, also in Kampala.
His Master of Laws was also obtained from Makerere University.
His career started in 1982, as a legal assistant in Soroti District. In 1983, Opio Aweri was appointed a Grade One magistrate.
He gradually rose through the ranks and in 1998, was appointed a judge of the High Court. In 2014, he was promoted to the Uganda Court of Appeal.
In September 2015, he was elevated to the Supreme Court of Uganda in August 2017, the Judiciary named him as the new Chief Inspector of Courts on a three-year term.
Rubby Opio Aweri at the time of his death was serving as the Chancellor of Uganda Pentecostal University in Fort portal City and chairperson board of governors of Amach complex SS in Lira district.
Funeral Program
