His hotel, Tropic Inn in Masaka City employs over 100 people with some having acquired requisite skills on the job under his sponsorship. A Ugandan dentist of repute, Dr. George William Ssamula has succumbed to diabetes and hypertensia after being bedridden for a long period. The late Dr. Ssamula has since the 1980s been popular, […]
The financial management graduate’s life was claimed by a blazing car crash at 02:44am as he drove to Munyonyo where he had planned to sleep before joining the wedding of a close ally Jonathan Bahizi Buteera and Liz Mutoni, where he was slated to be one of the groom’s entourage at the wedding organised at […]
For more than two decades, Ssali was the face and voice of Straight Talk Africa, where he engaged African leaders, analysts, and citizens in critical discussions on democracy, governance, and development. Renowned journalist and former host of Voice of America’s (VOA) flagship programme Straight Talk Africa, Shaka Ssali, on Thursday, March 27, 2025 died at […]
Eulogy for Prof. Ignatius Kakande by Prof. Francis Omaswa I have known Professor Ignatius Kakande since we met in senior one in 1958 at SMACK 68 years ago. We were the smallest boys in the class along with the late Professor Roy Mugerwa. His death has come as a shock and a surprise to me. […]
The personal doctor to former President, Dr. Apollo Milton Obote has died. Dr. Opiote is described as one of the most royal people to President Obote. A senior and veteran Journalist, Andrew Mwenda wrote this min obituary after learning about his passing. “I have heard with great sadness the death of Dr Opiote, a former […]
Grimes subjugated timidity, ignorance and lack of exposure, especially out of me. If the Grimesian spirit so still dwells in me who was only a teacher on the Namasagali staff, I guess it must dwell even much more in his former direct students EULOGY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | By refusing to mourn Irish former […]
The country is reeling with the death of renowned media practitioner and former presidential press secretary, Joseph Tamale Mirundi who passed on yesterday (August 14) at Kisubi Hospital. Mirundi, aged sixty, has currently been holding the portfolio of Senior Presidential Advisor on media and public relations. Son of Molly Namatovu and Yowana Mirundi of Matale […]
By our reporter A Ugandan-British national, Bikumbi Ruzindana (88) who passed on in the United Kingdom, on April 15, 2024, has finally been laid to rest. According to the family, his burial had been planned to take place in Rubaare village, Ntungamo district, while others wanted him laid to rest in Rugaaga-Bukanga, in Isingiro district. However, […]
Uganda’s Football fraternity is grieving after the loss of one of its towering figures, Fred Kajoba, a former goalkeeping coach who passed away on a Monday evening. Kajoba’s sudden demise occurred in Tanzania, where he served as the goalkeeping coach for the Tanzanian Premier League team, Ihefu SC. He joined the club last October, working […]
Dr. Martin Aliker, an acclaimed Ugandan diplomat, businessman and one of the country’s first dental surgeons died on Monday at the age of 95. He will be buried on Sunday 21st April at his ancestral home in Aworanga in Gulu district. As different people within Uganda and across the world pay tribute to veteran politicians, […]