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Uganda and its unexplained deaths
When President Museveni visited the late Gen. Aronda Nyakairima’s home to commiserate with his family over his death, he told mourners who had gathered to keep wake that government is investigating the cause of the 56-year-old senior government official.
What the President forgot to tell the mourners, however, is that the investigations will never be made public, even when the late was a public servant, and hence speculation will be allowed to fill the vacuum.
If the investigation report gets to be made public, then good; but if it never gets to see the light of day, it will not be the first time.
Uganda has been rocked with many unexplained deaths of high profile people. As usual, government promises to leave no stone unturned and to go to the bottom of the matter. Investigation teams are formed and as the matter goes off the media front pages, the matter also goes under and any attempt to extract a report from government becomes an infringement on national security.
As the country mourns the passing of Gen. Aronda, with the hindsight that it will never know what really killed him, Eagle Online reminds of the prominent Ugandans who died in mysterious circumstances. Some have been dismissed, by the president, as having been irresponsible in life— as a way of explaining their deaths while others, government simply chose to threaten those who were seeking the truth.
From death at the hand of a mistress to a late night accident and drug abuse, here are the eight Ugandans we should never forget.
Brig. Noble Mayombo

By the time of his death Noble Mayombo had raised through army ranks to become a Brigadier. He was the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence and Board Chairman for Vision Group. In April 2007, Brigadier Noble Mayombo felt unwell and was admitted to Kololo hospital where he was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis a sudden inflammation of the pancreas, which causes the organ to leak its enzymes into the surrounding tissues and organs, leading the pancreas and surrounding organs to start digesting themselves (autodigestion).
The next day, his condition having worsened, he was transferred to the intensive care unit at International Hospital Kampala. His condition deteriorated further and on Sunday April 29,2007, comatose, on life-support systems, he was flown to Agha khan Hospital in Nairobi Kenya. He was airlifted to Nairobi in the Presidential Gulfstream on the orders of President Yoweri Museveni his , mentor and trusted comrade, However, Noble Mayombo died at Agha Khan Hospital in Nairobi, due to complications of acute pancreatitis. At the time of his death, he was only forty two years old.
The sudden illness and death of Brigadier Mayombo shocked most who learned of the news.
Speculation that there might have been foul play involved in his death prompted government to launch an investigation into his sudden death.
The three-person team that carried out the investigation included: Dr. Peter Mugenyi, Director of the Joint Clinical Research Center, as the chairman, Colonel James Mugira, Commander UPDF Tank Unit and (c) Lieutenant Tagaswire Rusoke, a biochemist in the UPDF.
The team concluded their investigation and handed their report to President Museveni in November 2007. As of February 2015, the detailed findings of that probe have never been released to the public.
Maj. Gen. James Kazini

Maj. Gen. James Kazini served as the Army commander between 2001 to 2003. On the morning of November 10, 2009, Major General James Kazini died at the home of his girlfriend, in Namuwongo, a Kampala suburb, after allegedly being struck on the head with a metal pipe during a domestic fracas. At the time of his death James Kazini was 52 years old. The 28-year-old Lydia Draru, the killer who, was arrested, presented before court and charged with murder. She was convicted of man slaughter in 2011 and sentenced two fourteen years in prison where she is serving her sentence in Luzira Maximum Prison.
Gen. Aronda Nyakairima

By the time of his death, Gen. Aronda was the Minister for Internal Affairs and Member of Parliament representing the Army. Previously he served as the Chief of Defense Forces from 2003 to 2013. According to the Pamela Ankunda the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Aronda WHO was 56 died on the morning of Saturday September 12, 2015. He was transiting through Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. His death occurred mysteriously and the cause of his death has not yet been known to the public.
According to the President, government is busy investigating the cause of his death.
Francis Ayume.

Ayume died in a motor accident in 2005 while returning to Kampala from his Arua home. At the time of his death he was the Attorney General but he had previously served as speaker of Parliament as well. Ayume died in a mysterious motor vehicle accident along Masindi- Kampala road with many people calling upon government to carry out an investigation suspecting there might be foul play especially given the type of car he was using and the driver who drove the car at the time of the accident. However after burial no investigation was carried out and that is how the man from West Nile went.
Cerinah Nebanda

Nebanda was Woman Member of Parliament Butaleja district. She was a young but out spoken legislator. On many occasions, she tackled government on issues like corruption, youth unemployment, increasing poverty levels among others. She was the youngest woman to elected to Parliament and she died aged 24.
Some Members of Parliament suspected e that Nebanda was poisoned, as she was a vocal critic of the government, and that the state was “arresting anyone suspected to be propagating that line among those arrested were two MPs, one of whom was Mohamed Nsereko
A government chemist’s post mortem report stated that cocaine, heroin, alcohol, and several other chemicals were found in Nebanda’s blood, intestinal tract, and tissue samples. At Nebanda’s funeral, however, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga rejected this report. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni denied that the National Resistance Movement, the political party to which he and the late Nebanda belonged to, had killed her.
On January 2,2013, police announced that they had opened an investigation into Nebanda’s death and linked it to what they called “a narcotic drug syndicate operating in a number of countries including Uganda, Pakistan, and South Sudan” On January 4, Nebanda’s boyfriend, Adam Suleiman Kalungi, was arrested in Kenya and extradited to Uganda for questioning by police. In July 2014, he was acquitted of the criminal charges surrounding her death
Eria Sebunya Bugembe aka Kasiwukira

The Kampala businessman of the Kwagalana group was gunned down by unknown gunmen in outside his palace in Muyenga while he was doing his morning jogging. His death was linked one of his wives Sarah Nabikolo her sister Sandra Nakungu and a police constable Ashiraf Jardin. The case is still ongoing and the trio is still on remand in prison.
Bryan Bukenya

Bryan Bukenya was son to the former Vice President Gilbert Balibasseka Bukenya. Bukenya, a UPDF cadet died in a motor vehicle accident in on November 7, 2009 at Bbira, about 15kilometers along Mityana road. However, there was a lot of speculation surrounding his death with even his father claiming that government may have had a hand in his death. Prof. Bukenya even denied having received the post mortem from Mulango Hospital. While speaking at the funeral of Bryan Bukenya, President Yoweri Museveni said he would probe the circumstances under which the accident occurred, wondering why they travelled so early in the morning. However, the probe was never carried out.

She was shot dead On the evening of Monday, March 30, 2015, at about 7.30 pm local time, Joan Kagezi, who was driving an official Ford double-cabin pick up with government number plates, but without security, stopped at a road-side stand to buy fresh vegetables, in the Kampala suburb of Kiwaatule.
When Kagezi opened the window, the man pulled out a gun and shot her twice in the neck at close range, jumped on the back of a waiting motor cycle (boda boda) and sped off. She was rushed to Mulago National Referral Hospital, where she was pronounced on arrival at about 8.00 pm, Kampala time. She was 47 years old
On April 8, 2015, a heavily armed force of Ugandan and US security officials apprehended Jamal Abdullah Kiyemba an individual formerly held in Guantanamo.[7Three other men apprehended with Kiyemba were: Ismael Ssendawula, Siraje Serugo and Bashir Nyangisu. At the time of her death, she was prosecuting the 2011 Lugogo bomb suspects.
We are busy finding the cause of Aronda’s death-Museveni

President Yoweri Museveni has said that his government is busy trying to establish the death of his Interior Minister.
Speaking to the family of departed former Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. Aronda Nyakairima at Buziga, Museveni said what came to mind—as the cause— on hearing of Nyakairima’s death was an accident “because he (Aronda) had been a well-disciplined officer.”
“I received news of Gen. Aronda’s death the other day when I arrived in India; my immediate thinking was maybe it was an accident. I didn’t know he had any medical problem.
“Because when we came from the bush, many died of AIDS but Aronda was disciplined, he survived. He died on plane coming from South Korea. We are busy finding cause of his death, but that will not bring him back, it is very sad”.
President Museveni who is also the commander in chief of armed forces said Aronda together with few others helped him start afresh and rebuild the country.
He noted that his demise is a big loss.
“It was an untimely death at 56yrs. He helped with the ID Project, it was stuck but he moved it”.
Gen. Museveni observed that by a mere fact that Gen. Aronda travelled with a delegation to South Korea, it was easy to establish what really happened along the way and this would help trace what could have killed his Minister.
“From the people here, it shows who Aronda was. At first, I thought he had travelled alone. I was relieved to learn he was with four or five people. It makes it easier to ask what went on,” he said, adding that he will say more during the funeral.
The President was accompanied by the First Lady Hon. Janet Museveni and First daughter Natasha Karugire.
Gen. Aronda died on Saturday night while on the airplane from South Korea where he had led a delegation. It is said that while trying to serve him snacks on the plane, the airhostess discovered him dead.
After being confirmed dead, government dispatched a delegation of pathologists to United Arab Emirates to join other team of pathologists to carry out tests on the remains of the minister in order to establish the cause of his sudden death.
Mayweather the great
If we are to take him by his word, then goodbye moneyman, and thank you.
However, is he the greatest ever?
This was a question that was raised on Saturday night after his record-breaking fight with Adre Berto at MGM grand arena in Las Vegas, USA.
The out spoken and intelligent-in-the-ring Mayweather announced that he has retired from the game after he won his 49th fight by unanimous decision in the twelfth round.
Sports analysts have compared Floyd’s success with that of other greats like Rocky Marciano and Muhammed Ali and Mike Tyson.
Put on the weighing scale, Mayweather has fought 49 times unbeaten with 26 KO’S while as Muhammed Ali fought 61 games with 56 wins, 37 KO’S and 5 losses and mike Tyson had 58 fights with 50 wins, 44 KO’S and 6 losses.
Obviously, Muhammed Ali is greater than the Moneyman in the number of fights, but what is not in contention however is that Mayweather has maintained a clean sheet in 49 matches and Muhammed Ali lost his first in 32 matches to Joe Frazer in 1971 in famous Manila thriller.
Mayweather rise to stardom has not come easy. Through his raise, he has had to fight hard knocks Many Pacquiao, Jesus Chavez, Marcos Maidana, Ricky Hatton, Juan Marquez and our own Justin Juuko among others.
“I have been in the sport for 19yerars. I have made great investments and I am financially stable. Records are made to be broken. Maybe we can get another Floyd Mayweather. Now I want to spend my time with my family. I am leaving the sport with all my faculties. I am still smart and sharp. I have accomplished everything and there is nothing more to accomplish in the sport, for all the fans thank you.
“You’ve to know when to hang the gloves, am I’m close to 40 now and there’s nothing left to prove in the sport of boxing,” he said.You may dislike his flashy lifestyle… but you cannot take it away from the Moneyman the fact that he works hard and smart to get the results.
“My body is breaking down not from taking the punishment but from all the hard work,” he told the crowd after his win.
Here is why TDA is collapsing
The recently formed opposition leaning alliance of political and pressure groups is on the brink of collapse for fronting a member of the ruling NRM party as one of the candidates to represent it in the fourth coming 2016 Presidential elections.
The Democratic Alliance intends to support former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi to run for presidency against the traditional opposition top contender Dr Kizza Besigye.
Because Mr Mbabazi has maintained that he is still a member of the NRM but running as an independent because of disagreement with his party election regulations, many in the mainstream opposition feel that they will take to the grassroots to canvas support for an NRM candidate against President Yoweri Museveni, making it an all NRM affair.
It is against this back ground that Rukiga County legislature Jack Sabiiti, who is also close ally and supporter of Dr Besigye, has petitioned FDC seeking a review of the party’s membership to TDA to essentially prevent an Mbabazi elevation.
The FDC leadership at Najanankumbi has also reacted called for an emergency NEC meeting, scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday Sept 15, to discuss whether they should review their membership with TDA and the way forward.
If FDC moves to rethink its TDA membership, efforts by a TDA group being led by retired Assistant Bishop of Kampala, Dr. Zac Niringiye the Director of Operations at TDA, to front Mbabazi as the groups’ flag bearer would need to be revised as FDC would walk out with a big chunk of grassroots support.
Dr. Niringiye couldn’t be reached for a comment as his known mobile phone was off by the time of filing this story.
Another bone of contention is the seemingly high level of favoritism that the TDA gave Mr Mbabazi when they allowed him to submit the nomination forms way passed the official time.
All TDA aspirants for the flag-bearer should have handed in their nomination documents by Thursday at 4:00pm.
However, Mbabazi did not submit until Friday midnight.
Social media critic Tom Voltaire Okwalinga posted last night castigating the logic of Niringiye of reasoning that Dr. Besigye weighed last and that his past could as well curtail him against Mr Museveni of the NRM.
“If the TDA’s Zack Niringiye thinks that the alliance should front a flagbearer who is the best at fundraising and bringing in money, then he can as well nominate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who can in minutes “fundraise” billions from our treasury””
When reporters questioned TDA’s commitment to implementing its own rules, FDC chairman, Wasswa Biriggwa attempted to sugar-coat the matter only to be silenced by Besigye.
The bending of rules to favour Mbabazi angered Besigye and other political leaders who suggested that the alliance was exhibiting double standards.
“Mbabazi’s delay to return forms is a total disrespect to TDA,” said Besigye while addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi on Friday.
“I expressed my concern yesterday. You all well know that the first time Mbabazi appeared at TDA was actually also my first time. He was present in the meeting when the TDA timeline was clearly stated. He knew when the closing date would be but he did take action until the last hour,” added Besigye.
A top FDC official questioned how TDA can claim to fight for electoral reforms to secure free and fair elections in 2016 when it cannot respect its own rules.
TDA came under criticism whether it has the moral authority to claim to fight for electoral reforms to speak against electoral malpractices when itself is engaged in manipulating its own rules to favor some candidates in the alliance’s internal election.
“Imagine FDC, which has been opposing government policies for all this long, going to the villages to tell voters that it is now supporting an NRM member (Mbabazi) for presidency. People will think we are going crazy,” he added.
Niringiye favoring Mbabazi?
Officials, who spoke to us on condition of anonymity so as to speak freely, said Niringiye wants Mbabazi “because they expect him to bring a lot of money in the campaigns.”
They also contend that Besigye’s strength cannot be compared with Mbabazi’s crowds at only three rallies.
TDA spokesperson, Wafula Oguttu, emphasized that the position of TDA is the position of everybody. “I have read a lot on social media but Iam not in position to comment on that currently until I consult,”
Sources further said Mbabazi cannot be trusted to lead the opposition coalition since many hope for a change of heart to reconcile with President Museveni.
FUFA in need of Shs500m for Chan arrangements

The department of planning and finance at the Federation of Uganda Football Association is in need of Shs500 million to help in preparations of African Nation Championship (CHAN) 2016 qualifiers against Sudan in two legged tie both home and away scheduled for Sept 17, at Nakivubo, and Sept 24, in Khartoum where the winner of both legs qualifies for CHAN 2016 that will be hosted in Kigali, Rwanda.
FUFA director of finance Mr. Decolas Kiiza while addressing the media told journalists that FUFA has already engaged the government to come to their rescue. He also expressed gratitude to President Yoweri Museveni and the government for the timely boost of Shs750 million to the Cranes on an away game against Comoros in the AFCON qualifier that the Cranes won by 1:0 goal scored by the Tony Mawejje.
Meanwhile, as the FUFA prepares for the CHAN 2016, the head Coach has named a 25 man squad of only local based players as required by CHAN. The same squad will be used for Cranes Namutima regional tours starting with Masindi this weekend.
The team trained at Nakivubo over the weekend amidst heavy downpour in the morning.
After training, the Coach had no kind words for the summoned team,” don’t relax and sit back simply because you’ve been summoned to the team, you need to keep training hard even at your clubs because they are many players looking forward to wear the national jersey”.
The 25 summoned players include
Goalkeepers: Ismail Watenga, James Allitho(Vipers)and Mathhias Kigonya[bright stars]
Defenders: Dennis Okot(KCCA), Julius Ntambi(URA), Martin Mpuga(KCCA), Richard Kassaga(URA), Shafik Bakaki(Vipers), Joseph Ochaya(KCCA), Madoi Aggery(Jinja muni) and Dazo Hassan(KCCA).
Midfielders:Ntege Ivan(KCCA), Kezironi Kizito(Vipers), Muzamiru Mutyaba(KCCA), Bukenya Deus(Vipers), Farouk Miya(Vipers), Hakim Ssenkumba(KCCA), Feni Moses Ali(URA) and Kiiza Martin(SC VILLA).
Strikers: Ceaser Okuthi(Express), Fahad Muhhamed(SC Villa), Oromchan Villa(URA), Ssemazi John(Vipers), Kaliisa Milton(BUL FC) and Frank Kalanda(URA).









