27 January 2012
Dear Community Members and friends, On behalf of Mr. Christopher Serunjogi Kawule of Kazo Kyaddondo and his family, it is with great sadness that we inform you of the sad news of the passing of his son, our brother and friend, Isaac Semuwemba Simwogerere Serunjogi. Mr. Serunjogi passed away this Wednesday, January 25, 2012 in [...]
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27 November 2011
By Birungi Katongole ~ On behalf of the family of the Late Prof. Charles Katongole and Mrs. Jean Katongole siblings Kabalaya, Kaikara, Birungi, Kaliisa, Mugisa, Paula, Katusabe, Kagoro, we would like to express immense gratitude for the generosity shown during the passing away of our youngest brother Kisembo Katongole. Words can not express how grateful [...]
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09 November 2011
By Uncle Isaac Sebakijje ~ Dear friends, family, co-workers, We want to express our deepest gratitude to all of you who made this sad occasion a little more bearable. Your generous gifts of time, money, food, flowers and emotional support at our time of great need was immensely appreciated. We also appreciate outpouring messages of condolences [...]
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30 October 2011
US UPDATE: Funeral Service & Fundraising for Kisembo “Semo” Katso” Katongole will be this SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5TH at St. Peter’s Church Of Uganda, 750 Main St., Waltham, MA. at 2pm. Dear friends, It is amazing to see how well loved Semo was, It is also great to see how everyone has pitched in to get [...]
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25 October 2011
Dear Gwanga Mujje-DC members and friends, Following the announcement of the sadden death of our founding member and friend, James Kabonge (57), who passed away yesterday, October 24, 2011, his family wishes to inform you that there will be a gathering (okukuma olumbe) this Friday, October 28, 2011 at their home (21202 Sparrow Court, Germantown, MD. 20876). They will receive friends, mourners and sympathizers starting at 6:00 [...]
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25 October 2011
Fellow Ugandans and Friends, Following the earlier announcements of the sadden death of our friend and founder member of Ggwanga Mujje-DC, James Kabonge (RIP), the family wishes to inform you of the arrangements and details for the wake-keeping (okukuma olumbe) and the funeral which will take place this Saturday, October 29, 2011in Germantown, Maryland. Please note the change of venue for the gathering. We [...]
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15 October 2011
By Ramond Baguma ~ Prince John Barigye of Ankore is dead. According to sources, Barigye, 70, died at 6:00pm at the Agha Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya where he had been admitted. Details of the cause of his death were still scanty by press time, Friday night. But New Vision’s sister media house Radio West, broke the news of Barigye’s death [...]
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08 October 2011
By Faith Karimi, CNN ~ Kenyans gathered in the nation’s capital Saturday for a state funeral honoring Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, marking a final journey for the first African woman to win the peace prize. Maathai, 71, died last month after a battle with cancer. She was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace [...]
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06 October 2011
This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this [...]
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05 August 2011
By Frank Musisi ~ Dear Community Members and friends, It with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Mr. Evans Kasozi of Seattle, Washington who died on Saturday, 30th July 2011. The death of Mr. Kasozi has touched many and especially those who knew him as a strong supporter of Buganda Kingdom and Ssaabasajja [...]
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28 July 2011
UPDATE: Relatives of the Late John P. Senabulya have been found. Please call the above number (call 781-443-4272) to offer your condolences and donations. The family is fund raising to ship John’s body back to Uganda. Previous message that was circulating: A Ugandan by the names John P. Senabulya, died in an auto accident. Police [...]
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23 June 2011
Dear Friends, thank you so much for the outpouring of love and support and all the comforting messages and heartfelt prayers. Above is a picture of my beloved mother. She died at 19:27 hrs on Sunday the 19th of June, 2011 at Nsambya hospital private wing. She was I’ll for only three days. Mummy loved [...]
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06 June 2011
In what was a full house on Saturday June 4th, several people including the family and friends of the late Herbert Lwanyagga gathered at St. Peters Church Of Uganda in Waltham for a Memorial service led by Rev. Christine Nakyeyune and Rev. Stephen Kasirye. The service was meant to allow the Ugandan Boston community bid [...]
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31 May 2011
Herbert Lwanyagga 46, died on the spot when his Discovery Land Rover lost control on Route 128/Interstate I-95 in Burlington, Massachusetts. According to State Police the accident occurred at about 1:43am. The accident was also listed as a single car crash in the northbound lane of I-95 between exits 33A and 33B. Speed was the [...]
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28 May 2011
By Olivia Kim, UK | August 7th ~ A memorial Letter ~ “THREE LONG MONTHS!” It is three long months today since you’ve been gone. Three months ago (May 7th), Paul Kim; our friend, son, brother, uncle, my loving husband, and daddy to our daughter, Kisha, went to be with the LORD. As each day [...]
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10 May 2011
GREEN BAY – A Green Bay soldier was killed in Afghanistan, the Dept. of Defense said. Specialist Paul Atim did not grow up in the U.S., but he died serving it. He joined the Army in November of 2006. He spent April 2009 – April 2010 in Afghanistan. His second deployment, however, was his last. [...]
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30 January 2011
The Australian | PENNY Tweedie was a pioneering photographer who covered war and conflicts across the world, from Bangladesh and Vietnam to Uganda and East Timor. English born and an Australian citizen, she was also a great portrait photographer and an award-winning chronicler of Australian Aboriginal culture. Her book Spirit of Arnhem Land is recognised [...]
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10 August 2010
Dear Tingasiga: In his series in Saturday Monitor on Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, the former Ugandan president, Fred Guweddeko wrote: “Between November 1960 and November 1961, Binaisa switched positions on Mengo a total of five times. He had supported Buganda Independence, opposed Buganda Independence, supported Buganda Federal (sic), and opposed Buganda federal and again supported Buganda [...]
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02 August 2010
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – A Delaware native killed in a terrorist bombing in Uganda is being memorialized in his boyhood church in Wilmington. A spokeswoman says Bethel Baptist Church was preparing for an overflow crowd of 800 at Nathan Henn’s memorial service Saturday morning. The 25-year-old humanitarian aid worker was among 76 people killed July [...]
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14 July 2010
VICTIM LIST | Below is a provisional list of the victims as released by police as of July 12th. It contains only half the dead: Some of the bodies have not been identified due to the great damage they suffered. The number so far confirmed dead is 76 – but the list is growing. The [...]
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13 July 2010
Police in Kampala have just defused another bomb barely 24 hours after twin suicide attacks in the city killed at least 74 people. The latest bomb was connected to a mobile phone handed over to a bar patron by a stranger. The suicide attacks happened last night at two entertainment spots as thousands gathered [...]
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12 July 2010
Invisible Children worker Killed | A handout file photo taken on September 22, 2009 and provided on July 12, 2010 by the US non-governmental organization Invisible Children Inc. shows US aid worker Nathan Henn, who was killed late on July 11 in Kampala when twin bombs tore into crowds watching the World Cup final in [...]
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11 July 2010
Bombs exploded at two sites in Uganda’s capital late Sunday as people watched the World Cup final. Police did not immediately confirm a death toll, but reports from the scene indicated that more than 20 people may have been killed.
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09 July 2010
By John Nandigobe | Our beloved Father, Grandfather, husband, friend and colleague, Dr. Moses Senkumba Musoke passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York at the age of 66. Dr. Musoke was born in Uganda and was a resident of Pawling, New York for the last three years. Before [...]
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08 July 2010
The Old Budonian association in London with the family of The Late Rev Laban Bombo invite you to a thanksgiving service for the late Rev Bombo at St Andrews Church, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY. Please inform any other people whom you know may want to attend this event. For further information, please do not [...]
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08 July 2010
By Pius Bugembe | In Loving Memory – To all well-wishers | The family of the late Dr Moses S. Musoke would like to remind everyone that his funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 10th 2010. The viewing will be held between 12 Noon and 2.45 PM and the funeral service held between [...]
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03 July 2010
CNN | At least 230 people were killed and 190 injured when an oil tanker flipped over and exploded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a government spokesman said Saturday. While the spokesman, Mende Omalanga, said five of the dead were United Nations peacekeepers, an official with the U.N. mission in the capital of Kinshasa [...]
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06 May 2010
Nigeria’s president has died after a long illness, an official at his office has said. Umaru Yar’Adua reportedly died around 2100 local time (2000 GMT) on Wednesday evening at the Aso Rock presidential villa in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Ima Nioboro, a presidential spokesman, told reporters in Abuja that the 58-year-old president would be buried in [...]
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12 January 2010
Many Budonians spanning several generations met at Rev. Labani Bombo’s funeral at the King’s College Budo main Chapel toward the end of last year. The farewell service was led by the retired Bishop of Namirembe Diocese Bishop Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo. Other prominent Budonians who spoke included Mr. Edward Kato Ssekabanja the President of the Old Budonians Club. [...]
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25 November 2009
Mrs.Marjorie Juliet Nalika Kavuma, died on November 25th, 2009 at Valley Presbyterian Hospital, in Van Nuys, California from complications related to Parkinson’s disease. Mrs Kavuma was born on August 4th, 1939 at Rubaga Hospital, the daughter of the Late Owekitiibwa Ezekiel Walusimbi, former Regent and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the late Sekabaka Muteesa II’s [...]
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23 November 2009
By Pius Bugembe | Richard Namisano( Namisi) of New York City and Peter Mukasa of Waltham Massachusetts announce the death of Maama Irene Nambafu Mukasa of Bweya, Kampala Uganda. Maama Irene passed away this morning 11/23/2009 at 5.30 AM in Kampala Hospital. She had a surgery on her back in September, two weeks just after [...]
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12 November 2009
LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony’s mother, Norah Anek Oting, has died. Norah Oting passed away at Mulago Hospital last night. Oting was ill for a while and had been admitted at Mulago Hospital for several days. It is not know what Oting was suffering from or what caused her death. It is also unknown whether [...]
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05 March 2009
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of an internationally renowned music icon with a career that has spanned over four decades. He will be missed by his family and fans the world over. He is survived by his lovely wife, children and many siblings. Sekyanzi was born in April 1949, [...]
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05 February 2009
Buganda Loses a Literary Titan, Soft Spoken Mpalanyi Is Dead. Mpalanyi has been part of the generation of exceptional Baganda literary masters who are credited for creating Buganda’s popular novel industry. The most famous of his books is Basajja Mivule, followed by Ndikumma Okulya (Nenkulyoowa Omwooyo). He also wrote Ssanyu Teribeerera, Nnaku Teba Y’omu and a few others.
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06 January 2009
If there are people that I have missed out, please do not hesitate to contact me. Also, I am one of those who have failed to call Africa House, "South Africa". We slept in a continent not a country.
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21 December 2008
ONE of President Yoweri Museveni’s first ministers, Ateker Ejalu, has died. Ejalu, 69, died of meningitis at Nairobi Hospital where he had been admitted for a month. He first served as a minister of state for special duties in 1986.
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