OBITUARY

Bishop Emeritus Samuel Balagadde Ssekadde, the fourth Bishop of Namirembe Diocese, will be laid to rest on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at Namirembe Cathedral. The late Bishop died on Monday at Kisubi Hospital, where he had been admitted after suffering from a short illness. According to Rwaboni Elijah, the Communications Officer at Namirembe Cathedral, Bishop Ssekadde served as the Bishop of Namirembe from 1994 until his retirement in 2009. He dedicated more than 50 years to the church, and during his term,...

Dozens of children have drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds during rituals that were part of a three-day Hindu festival in eastern India’s Bihar state after heavy monsoon rains recently raised the levels of waterways across the state. The incident happened on September 26, 2024. Preliminary reports indicate that the state's water bodies have been overflowing following heavy rains, resulting in treacherous conditions during the festival, which involves bathing rituals. According to the Hindu culture, the three-day Jivitputrika festival celebrates...

Renowned veteran journalist and former MP of Amuria county, Francis Ekomoloit Onapito, has been pronounced dead. The news of the passing on of the former MP, who was also a regular panelist on various media platforms, was broken by Captain Mike Mukula, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) National Vice Chairman of Eastern Uganda, on Friday morning, September 27, 2024. Mike Mukula said that the rest of the details regarding Onapito's death and burial arrangements will be communicated at a later time. “On...

Jolly Mugisha, the National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy president for western Uganda, has died under heartbreaking circumstances after the party she had dedicated her life to serving abandoned her when her health started deteriorating. Mugisha has been suffering from serious health issues in recent months, but the leader of NUP, Robert Kyagulanyi, rejected her request for specialized foreign medical treatment. Despite her significant contributions to the party and the struggle for political change, NUP completely abandoned her, leaving her to die...

Parvin Jamnadas Gordhan, the former Finance Minister of South Africa and an apartheid freedom fighter, has died at the age of 75 after battling with cancer. According to Gordhan's family, the former minister died on the morning of Friday, September 13, 2024, in the hospital (not disclosed) after a short battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Vanitha and his two daughters, Anisha and Priyesha. Gordhan served two terms as a Finance Minister between 2009 and 2017 before President Jacob...

Dickson Ndiema, the ex-boyfriend of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, has died in a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. Ndiema, who was also admitted at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), succumbed to the wounds incurred from the incident that saw him suffer burns to 30 percent of his body. The hospital confirmed that Ndiema died on Monday night, September 9, 2024, at the ICU where he had been admitted, a few days after the death of Rebecca Cheptegei, his girlfriend. He was rushed...