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OBITUARY: Joseph Tamale Mirundi dies at 60

Uganda’s blunt social philosopher rests, leaving no friend not honoured and no enemy not punished OBITUARY | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Rarely in the course of time and the spread of geography has humanity experienced the presence of a man like Joseph Tamale Mirundi. He was an oddity – a misfit. …

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EULOGY: Tamale Mirundi was a patriot

COMMENT | URN | 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 60 , has currently been holding the portfolio of Senior Presidential Advisor on Media and pubic relations.  …

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OBITUARY: Cecilia Atim Ogwal

A fearless Ugandan politician who spoke her mind and challenged conventions OBITUARY | AILI MARI TRIPP | Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, one of Uganda’s longest-serving female legislators, passed away on Jan.18 at the age of 77. Ogwal was regarded as a trailblazer, one of the strongest, most charismatic women leaders in …

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Henry Kissinger dies at 100

The titan of US foreign policy changed the world, for better or worse OBITUARY | LESTER MUNSON | Henry Kissinger was the ultimate champion of the United States’ foreign policy battles. The former US secretary of state died on November 29, 2023 after living for a century. The magnitude of his …

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Joyce Mpanga broke the glass ceiling for Ugandan women

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Joyce Mpanga, an educationist, women rights activist, and veteran politician who was among the few women who served in the pre-independence Legislative Council (LEGCO), passed away on Saturday. Many Ugandan leaders have praised her contribution to the women’s emancipation as the first minister of …

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Fare thee well, Bernard ‘Sisye’ Kirya

Bernard ‘Sisye’ Kirya and myself were excited by Manjasi Headteacher Keith Mutengu’s 1975 Independence Day offer of “Entambula” and Cakes OBITUARY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Bernard Kirya (Sisye) and myself were among the most excited Senior One (S1) students when at the morning assembly of Wednesday 8th October, 1975, our headteacher …

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