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National Unity platform leader and elder Mzee Byarugaba dead, Bobi Wine mourns

National Unity Platform leader and elder Mzee William Byarugaba dead, Bobi Wine Mourns

The National Unity Platform President Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu commonly known as
Bobi Wine has joined Ugandans mainly those sympathetic to his party in mourning Mzee William Byarugaba who succumbed to cancer .

Mr Byarugaba a renowned elder in the NUP died in Boston after battling cancer for some time.

Bobi Wine said , “We have woken up to the sad news of the passing of Mzee William Byarugaba commonly known as Jajja NUP, who has been serving as the head of the Elders’ League of @NUP_Ug. Mzee Byarugaba has been battling cancer at Boston Medical Center in the USA. He has been a great statesman who devoted the latter days of his life to the struggle for freedom and democracy in Uganda.”

“He was very knowledgeable about our country’s history and the present tragectory. It is very unfortunate that he has passed on without seeing the New Uganda that he always envisioned and preached about. Very grateful to our community in Boston who received him and became his family away from home. Deepest condolences to his dear wife, his children, and all his friends. May his soul rest in eternal peace.” He added.

Kaweesa Hope Mulangira

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