JINJA, UGANDA: Mr. William Kato Kaziba, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) General Secretary in Jinja district has died, the party authorities announced Wednesday morning.
Mr Kaziba passed away on Tuesday at Nile International Hospital where he was rushed after fainting at his home in Igombe Village, Buwenge Rural Sub-county, Jinja District.
According to Mr. Denis Kamali, the area LC1 chairperson, Kaziba reportedly first got dizzy and was rushed to Buwenge Hospital, before being referred to Nile International Hospital where he was confirmed dead upon arrival.
Mr Ali Kilume, the Political Assistant to the Jinja Woman Member of Parliament, Ms Manjeri Kyebakutika, said he spent the entire Tuesday with the deceased and he wasn’t complaining of any illness.
He said: “His death has really shocked me because he drove his car well while saying he was rushing home to watch news on TV; but I was surprised to learn that he has died.”
By press time, there was no medical report on Kaziba’s death.
Mr. Moses Banalya, the Buyengo Town Council NRM chairman, eulogized the deceased as a stronghold cadre who loved his party.
“Prior to his death, Mr Kaziba was an arbiter in numerous problems within the party office and was processing its transfer because it was being accommodated on a building which was taken,’’ Mr Banalya said.
He added: “The deceased was always defending the NRM whenever it was attacked by the Opposition.”
Kaziba has been the Jinja district NRM General Secretary in 2016 until the time of his death.
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