{"id":10218,"date":"2023-10-19T13:52:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=10218"},"modified":"2023-10-19T13:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:53:05","slug":"the-life-and-times-of-veteran-politician-henry-kyemba-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/the-life-and-times-of-veteran-politician-henry-kyemba-84\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life And Times of Veteran Politician Henry Kyemba 84"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Veteran politician  and the author of one of Uganda\u2019s best selling books \u201cState Of Blood, Henry Kyemba  died at 84  following a long illness .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyemba who served three presidents Obote I, Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni ,succumbed to diabet, according to family sources .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The polished retired  civil servant served as  permanent secretary, private personal secretary to Obote I, Idi Amin and cabinet minister in the Idi Amin  and Museveni administrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyemba\u00a0 was \u00a0part of a delegation that travelled with \u00a0Obote to Singapore in 1971 only to learn later that Idi Amin had overthrown his boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his book \u201cState Of\u00a0 Blood: The Inside Story Of Idi Amin \u201d,\u00a0 Kyemba revealed how during\u00a0 Amin \u2018s brutal regime the bodies of \u00a0the late Archbishop Janan Luwum , Ministers Erinayo Wilson Oryema and Charles Oboth Fumbi were found riddled with bullets .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyemba was born on 8th February 1939 to Suzana Babirizangawo Mutekanga and Suleiman Kisajja,  in the Bunya County in Busoga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went to Busoga College Mwiri for his Cambridge School Certificate (1951-1956) and Makerere University between 1957 and 1962 graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) History and later a master\u2019s degree in history from Northwestern University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family  sources said he will be buried at the family\u2019s burial grounds in Wanyama Village, Bugembe Ward ,Jinja North Division , Jinja City .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor ;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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