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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs Sarah Mateke is dead.
According to her close friend Hope Bizimana, Mateke who is also the Kisoro Woman Member of Parliament suffered a heart attack and was rushed to Mengo Hospital, where she died on arrival.
Mateke was appointed State Minister in April.
Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi was born on 15 July 1974 and was aged 50 years by the time of her death this morning.
She was born in Chahi Sub-county, Kisoro District in the Kigezi region to Philemon Mateke and Joy Rwanfizi Mateka.
She is the third born of six in the family. Her father was a politician, a former State Minister for regional affairs and her mother was a professional teacher.
Nyirabashitsi attended Seseme Integrate School and then Maryhill High School for her secondary education.
She joined Bugema University and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. She also holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the same University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management from Uganda Christian University.
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