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 personal physician to President Milton Obote.
Dr Opiote was one of the most loyal people to Obote that I ever met. A simple man with a sharp mind, he possessed the gift of high intelligence and great humility. He carried himself with grace and was polite to all who met him.
His name was Opio, and he added “te” drawn from the last two letters of Obote’s name. It was an expression of his love and loyalty to that icon of Uganda’s independence and African liberation.
So dedicated to Obote was Dr Opiote that he lived the rest of his life with Milton. Even when Obote died, Dr Opiote continued to live and look after mama Miria Obote. While interviewing Obote for his autobiography, Dr Opiote was continually the source of details and corrections as Milton narrated to me his escape from Uganda on the morning of July 27, 1985.
Fans of Obote will miss this gentle and polite doctor who made everyone feel respected and appreciated around him. May his soul RIP.”