BUSHENYI, UGANDA: The former Bushenyi district LC V Chairperson Canon Yowasi Rwamango Makaaru is dead. At 83 years, Makaaru breathed his last on Monday, January 31, 2022, at his home in Mikyerere cell, Central Division in Sheema Municipality.
Makaaru, who at the time of his death was a Senior Presidential Advisor on Politics served as the LC V chairperson for greater Bushenyi from 2001 to 2006 having replaced Mzee Wiliam Mukaira, the first Bushenyi district chairperson.
A former UPC stalwart who later joined NRM, Makaaru retired from politics in 2006 after running against the Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire for the Bushenyi District NRM party seat.
Makaaru was a Lay Canon in West Ankole Diocese and an architect of religious independence in Sheema where the quest for a new diocese, Central Ankole Diocese is in offing.
He will be remembered as a fixer for many political protagonists in Sheema, greater Bushenyi and entire Ankole region.
Canon Makaaru served in the capacity of the district chairman for 15 years and was well known for fighting corruption.
He will be remembered for the construction of the modern Bushenyi district council headquarters called Nyaruju, one of the biggest in the country during his tenure.
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