The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Milton Opaco, a news reporter with NTV in Soroti is dead. Opaco who was in his 50s died this morning on his way to Landmark Hotel for the International Criminal Court-ICC meeting.
His young brother, Benon Oketch says that Opaco woke up this morning in good health.
“He was watching news updates on his station this morning and he told me to go open the shop, he told me that he had a meeting to cover and would join me later in the day,” Oketch told URN.
He added that he was surprised to receive a call from a boda boda that his brother had collapsed on the way to Landmark Hotel. “I rushed to where he collapsed and found him sweating and complaining of headache,” said Oketch. “We rushed him to Joint clinic but were referred to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital where he was pronounced dead just 10 minutes after he was put on oxygen.”
According to Oketch, his brother has been living with diabetes and high blood pressure which some time back caused him stroke but was well managed. He says that Opaco has not complained of any health issues lately so today’s attack took them by surprise.
Before joining NTV, Opaco worked with Etop Newspaper, a regional Ateso newspaper under the Vision Group that was phased off in 2020. He has been in the media for more than three decades.
Opaco comes from Agago. He is survived by a wife and two daughters.
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