Bagwere cultural institution officials and government have set February 20 as the official burial date of the fallen Ikumbania, Bishop John Chrysostom Weyabire.
Mr Fredrick Koire, the institution’s officer in-charge of protocol, while confirming the date to Sunday Monitor on Friday said the funeral arrangements have been finalised.
“Preparations to accord him a state burial are in high gear. However, the general public should also understand that they will not be allowed to come closer to the casket as we are observing the Covid-19 guidelines,” Mr Koire said.
Mr Koire said the body will on Monday be taken to Pastor Robert Kayanja’s Miracle Centre Church for prayers.
Bagwere cultural leader Weyabire dies from Covid-19
Monday February 08 2021
Summary
The cultural leader who was born in 1957 in Kenkebu sub-county,present –day Kibuku district, had been battling the pandemic for close to a week.
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The Bagwere community from the four districts of Pallisa, Butebo, Budaka and Kibuku, are in total shock and grief following the sudden death of their cultural Leader (Ikumbania), his highness, Dr John Chrystom Weyabire.
“It has been confirmed that the cultural leader succumbed to Covid-19,” Budaka District Health Officer (DHO), Dr Elisa Mulwani remarked.
The Ikumbania (Weyabire) passed on at Entebbe Hospital yesterday evening.
The cultural leader who was born in 1957 in Kenkebu sub-county,present –day Kibuku district, had been battling the pandemic for close to a week.