The Uganda Parliament is to hold a special sitting to pay tribute to the former Erute South Member of Parliament John Odit.

The body of the former legislator will lay in state at Parliament on Wednesday morning ahead of a special sitting to honor him in the afternoon.

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanya announced this during a sitting of Parliament today morning

Odit served in the 6th, 7th and the 8th Parliament where he also served as the chairperson of committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises committee.

He suffered a stroke early this year and was immediately admitted in Kampala International Hospital where he stayed for four months before being transferred to Mulago hospital, Kampala.

He later died on Friday at Mulago Hospital.