{"id":14576,"date":"2025-06-07T14:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T14:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=14576"},"modified":"2025-06-07T14:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T14:02:02","slug":"cdf-muhoozi-attends-his-ob-cedric-ndilima-babus-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/cdf-muhoozi-attends-his-ob-cedric-ndilima-babus-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"CDF Muhoozi attends his OB Cedric Ndilima Babu&#8217;s Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s CDF Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba ,has attends the funeral of his St Marys Kisubi Old Boy (OB) and  friend  Hon Cedric Ndilima Babu in Kamengo- Mpigi district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of his death,\u00a0 Babu  was  the  PLU coordinator central Buganda and was a chess player and sports enthusiats .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a message delivered on behalf of  President Yoweri Museveni,  the late Cedric Babu was  described as a promising cadre among those  NRM was deliberately preparing  for the next transition.  Museveni said that Cedric Babu&#8217;s death at an early age was a regrettable loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" data-attachment-id=\"14578\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/cdf-muhoozi-attends-his-ob-cedric-ndilima-babus-funeral\/th-34\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/th.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"304,171\" 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=\"th\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/th.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/th.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/th.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/th.jpeg 304w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/th.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0In a speech read on her behalf by the State Minister for Sports, Peter Ogwang, the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, hailed Babu as a dedicated sports administrator who changed the face of tennis in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cedric, died on May 31 aged 50.He rose to prominence as a tennis champion and went on to lead the Uganda Tennis Association before taking on various roles in broadcasting and public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also served as a board member of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and contested for political office in Kampala Central during the 2021 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda&#8217;s CDF Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba ,has attends the funeral of his St Marys Kisubi Old Boy (OB) and friend Hon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14577,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14576","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\/2025\/06\/mu-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15648,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/cdf-muhoozi-inspects-63rd-independence-parade-preparations\/","url_meta":{"origin":14576,"position":0},"title":"CDF Muhoozi Inspects 63rd Independence Parade Preparations","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"October 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, inspected independence parade preparations at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala ahead of today 's 63rd independence celebrations . 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