Kampala Woman MP Malende Battles Abdominal Complications In ICU

The Kampala Woman Member of Parliament, Shamim Malende has reportedly slipped into a coma at the Agha Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

According to the Uganda Radio Network, Malende was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit on Tuesday evening after undergoing abdominal surgery at the facility.

The Lubaga North Councilor, James Mubiru, the MP stated that Malende was operated on Monday, November 21, 2022 after doctors noted realized she ingested strange chemical.

He explained that Malende regained consciousness after the surgery and doctors but slipped back hours after complaining of a recurring stomach pain.

Malende was first admitted at the Uganda Martyrs Hospital in Lubaga Division, Kampala after she reportedly collapsed while at her Kawempe residence on November 13, 2022.

She was transferred to the Aghakhan hospital on November 20th, 2022 escorted  by her mother Jane-Francis Nassuuna, fiancée Shamiru Ssebunya and MP Mubiru,.

“The doctors were seeing nothing so they referred us to a bigger hospital. It was decided that we bring her to Aga Khan Hospital,” said Mubiru said.

On November, 9th, Malende was arrested by the police in Kawempe after she was found distributing reflector jackets to Boda Boda riders.

She was intercepted by police and taken to Kawempe police divisional headquarters where she was detained for at least three hours, questioned, and released without charge.

Malende has been at the forefront of demanding justice for the detained supporters of the opposition National Unity Platform-NUP party and would spend most of her time in court.