Speaker Among Mourns Simon Peter Aleper, the NRM Vice Chairperson for Karamoja & former MP for Moroto Municipality


Yesterday, 24th July 2024, the speaker of the  Parliament of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Anita Among joined the NRM leadership and other mourners at the Party headquarters to sign a condolence book in honor of the late Hon. Simon Peter Aleper, the NRM Vice Chairperson for Karamoja and former MP for Moroto Municipality.

The Speaker eulogized the late Aleper as a passionate leader who prioritized the well-being of the people of Karamoja and Uganda at large. 

She also thanked President Museveni for according the late Aleper an official burial.

Tomorrow, July 25, his body will lie in state, and later in the afternoon, Parliament will hold a special sitting in his honor.

Simon Peter Aleper, died in a motor accident along Iganga-Tirinyi Road. Sources with in NRM have disclosed that the deceased was travelling for the ruling party's Central Executive Committee meeting.

The accident happened on the 23rd of July, 2024. 


Busoga East Region Police, in a statement, said the accident occurred at about 1am at Bukoona along Iganga-Tirinyi highway.

The accident was a head-on collusion of a Toyota V8 registration number UAP 787Q and another whose specifics could not be readily established.

Aleper was driving the V8 and died on the spot, Police said.

The deceased was coming from Mbale side and collided with an unknown M/V which was coming from Iganga direction, lost control and veered off the road.

Mr Aleper lost to Francis Adome Lorika in Moroto Municipality in the last general elections.

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