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MP Kyanjo ready to give up his seat
Former Makindye West Member of Parliament Hussein Kyanjo.
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The Makindye West legislator says he was diagnosed with a disease which has made it difficult for him to make proper use of his speech organs such as jaws and the tongue.
Makindye West MP Hussein Kyanjo is looking for a successor to his seat following an illness that is making it difficult for him to execute his duties.
He made the revelation during a meeting with the Justice Forum (JEEMA) party leaders in Bukomansimbi District at the weekend. Mr Kyanjo is the only JEEMA MP in the 9th Parliament.
The outspoken MP, whose birth place is Bukomansimbi, said he was diagnosed with dystonia, a disease which has made it difficult for him to make proper use of some of his speech organs such as the jaws and the tongue.
Doctors describe dystonia as a neurological disorder in which sustained muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures.
The disorder may be hereditary or caused by birth-related factors or other physical trauma, infection, poisoning or reaction to pharmaceutical drugs.
He said he is sad that he cannot speak out effectively against the many cases of corruption, violation of human rights and misuse of public funds and he is eager that Makindye West gets a vocal MP that will join the rest of the “upright people in Uganda to fight the vices.”
Last year, Mr Kyanjo underwent medical treatment in Dubai and America where he reportedly underwent jaw surgery and doctors advised him to regulate his talking and loudness.
He said the condition gives him a persistent headache and he finds it difficult to concentrate.
In October last year, Mr Kyanjo said he suspected poisoning to be the cause of the illness that had troubled him for more than a year.
Mr Kyanjo told journalists at Parliament that physicians handling him had intimated to him that the illness that afflicts him among others, is caused by poisoning.
