KAMPALA, UGANDA: Teso Paramount Chief, Papa Emorimor Augustine Osuban Lemukol is dead.
The Emorimor, 88, died on Saturday Evening at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala where he had been admitted since last week battling coronavirus.
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At the time of his death, he was the reigning head of the Iteso Cultural Union in Uganda.
The National Resistance Movement – NRM Deputy Chairperson in the Eastern Region, Capt. Mike Mukula confirmed the death of Emorimor in a tweet on Saturday evening, saying further communication regarding the demise would come in later on.
“It’s with deep sorrow that we communicate the demise of our Cultural leader, PAPA EMORIMOR LO ITSEO who has just passed on in Mulato National Referral Hospital, Further communication will be made later,” Mukula said in a tweet.
The Emorimor death comes just weeks after the leaders of the Iteso Cultural Union had announced that elections to choose a new leader would be conducted in March, this year.
Emorimor Lemukol was enthroned as the Iteso Paramount Chief in April 2000. He made his last public appearance on January 3, 2022 during prayers organized by the Soroti Catholic Diocese.
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