{"id":11011,"date":"2023-12-23T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T12:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=11011"},"modified":"2023-12-23T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T13:18:41","slug":"entertainer-in-omugeye-moses-kawooya-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/entertainer-in-omugeye-moses-kawooya-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainer Omugeye Moses Kawooya is dead \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ssanyu African Music and Dramatic Society (SAMADS) founder and dancer who used to entertain President Yoweri Museveni and his guests at state functions is dead. He died from his home in Kyengera -Mugongo after a long illness. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moses Kawooya gained popularity for his impressive dance strokes during football games at Nakivubo stadium and state functions. In his heydays he was a constant entertainer at Entebbe Airport when VIPs visited Uganda Including USA President Bill Clinton’s visit to Uganda in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, friends said he died a poor dejected man with no help from those he brought joy .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kawooya who was living in Kyengera \u2013 Mugongo in Wakiso district, and he has been ill since the COVID pandemic. His combi taxi broke -down and he had no steady income , family sources stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ssanyu African Music and Dramatic Society (SAMADS) founder and dancer who used to entertain President Yoweri Museveni and his guests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kawo.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11684,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/health-activists-advised-to-focus-on-issues-affecting-women-including-climate-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":11011,"position":0},"title":"Health Activists Advised To Focus On Issues Affecting Women Including Climate Change","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"March 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By Zurah\u00a0 Nakabugo As the country is grappling with the hostile effects of climate change, from unreliable weather patterns to the increased prevalence of vector-borne diseases, health activists \u00a0have been urged \u00a0to focus on issues affecting women like poverty and poor health systems. \u201cThe impacts of climate change on women\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6.-Hanifa-Kawooya-the-State-Minister-for-Health-in-charge-of-General-duties-1-scaled.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6.-Hanifa-Kawooya-the-State-Minister-for-Health-in-charge-of-General-duties-1-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6.-Hanifa-Kawooya-the-State-Minister-for-Health-in-charge-of-General-duties-1-scaled.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6.-Hanifa-Kawooya-the-State-Minister-for-Health-in-charge-of-General-duties-1-scaled.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6.-Hanifa-Kawooya-the-State-Minister-for-Health-in-charge-of-General-duties-1-scaled.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9153,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/entertainer-and-politician-paul-kato-lubwama-died-of-heart-complications\/","url_meta":{"origin":11011,"position":1},"title":"Entertainer and politician Paul Kato Lubwama died of heart complications","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Co-founder of one of Uganda's leading the entertainment groups -Diamonds Ensemble, former Rubaga South Member of Parliament and one of CBS radio's long serving presenters ,Paul Kato Lubwama, died from heart complications family sources have revealed . 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