{"id":13476,"date":"2024-12-18T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T17:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=13476"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:59:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T17:59:15","slug":"former-speaker-of-buganda-lukiiko-nelson-kawalya-dead-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/former-speaker-of-buganda-lukiiko-nelson-kawalya-dead-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Speaker Of Buganda Lukiiko Nelson Kawalya Dead At 84"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BUGANDA is mourning the untimely death of Rotarian and former Speaker of the Lukiiko Nelson Kawalya. He was 84 years old..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kawalya who also served as Minister of Health in the Kabaka&#8217;s government ,celebrated his fifty years of marriage last weekend . He wedded in 1974 and  died  on Tuesday morning at Mengo hospital following long illness.  He was born on September 27th, 1940.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"237\" data-attachment-id=\"13478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/former-speaker-of-buganda-lukiiko-nelson-kawalya-dead-at-84\/oip-1-13\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OIP-1-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"474,237\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OIP (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OIP-1-1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OIP-1-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OIP-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OIP-1-1.jpg 474w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OIP-1-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kawalaya&#8217;s son , Victor Ssenteza , said  his father was taken to Mengo hospital after complaining of general body weakness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kawalya who has been a resident of Lubaga in Kampala is survived by widow   Naava Annet\u00a0Kawalya and children .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUGANDA is mourning the untimely death of Rotarian and former Speaker of the Lukiiko Nelson Kawalya. 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