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OBITUARY | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the things that Patrick Aloysius Okumu Ringa (now late) will be remembered for was his generosity, which he exhibited through various donations to his communities in Nebbi District. These included sponsoring the education of more than 100 children at different levels from Primary …

Senior Presidential Advisor on the Media and Public Relations, John Nagenda, died March 4 aged 84 Kampala, Uganda | Andrew M. Mwenda | Senior Presidential Advisor on the Media and Public Relations, John Mwesigwa Robin Nagenda, is dead. He died March 4 at Medipal Hospital in Kampala aged 84. He was as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of Cameroon’s most influential music stars – Jean-Paul Zé Bella – passed away on 15 January at the age of 71 after a battle against cancer. The singer and drummer was a founding member of the band Zangalewa and performed with it until he …

He was a man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy Kampala, Uganda | Mathew Schmalz | To many observers, Benedict, who died on Dec. 31, 2022 at the age of 95, was known for criticising what he saw as the modern world’s rejection of …

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | Pele was three months shy of his 10th birthday when he made a promise to his father Dondinho. The pair had just listened to a radio broadcast of Uruguay’s 2-1 victory over Brazil in the decisive match of the 1950 World Cup at Rio …

OBITUARY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Hon Patrick Masette Kuuya, son of Abner Walyawula of Sibanga in the current Manafwa district, was the “Bituli Mia” of Dr Apollo Milton Obote’s Second Government (1980 to 1985). “Bituli” in some Ugandan languages means gaps, holes, shapes or openings while “mia” is Kiswahili for a …

Dr. Ssemogerere who twice contested for presidency and led DP for over 25 years died early morning on Nov.18 at his home in Rubaga, a Kampala city suburb Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In 1980 he contested for the presidency in the first post-Amin era election under the DP flag …

OBITUARY | Michael Wambia  – URN | Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere aka Ssemo has been described as an “emperor” of Uganda’s democracy and his passing away is the end of an era. Dr. Paul Ssemogerere has been a thread and needle that attempted to bring different opposition groups to unite for …

OBITUARY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Now that former Democratic Party (DP) President-General Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere (aged 90 years) is dead, I urgently need to inherit one of his intellectual property items – to wit, the Big, Black Book in which during the 1980s he conceptualised recording the names of …

  EULOGY FOR GEN TUMWINE: Today, we are mourning the passing on of a National hero, a true patriot, a freedom fighter, a revolutionary, a Pan Africanist, an icon of the liberation struggles against dictatorial regimes in Uganda; a decorated General of the National Resistance Army /UPDF. We are mourning …