Gone with 2020 Written by Yudaya Nangonzi
It is quite hard to think of something good to say about 2020. This year’s coronavirus health crisis has left our way of life in shambles. 2020 will be vividly remembered for having had one of the largest single-year death tolls brought on by the outbreak of Covid-19.
The highly infectious viral disease has killed millions worldwide. Locally as of December 25, 2020, official statistics from the ministry of Health show that at least 245 Ugandans have died from Covid-19 while the cumulative confirmed cases have shot to 33,563 since the disease emerged in the country in March.
YUDAYA NANGONZI brings you some of the notable deaths of 2020.
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Daily Monitor
Sunday December 20 2020
Democratic Party (DP) President Nobert Mao unveils Rose Fortunate Nantongo to steer the DP flag for Kyotera Woman seat which her decaesed mother, Robinah Nakasirye Ssentongo had been nominted for. PHOTOS/ AMBROSE MUSASIZI
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Masaka Diocesan Vicar General, Msgr Dominic Ssengoba who led the requiem mass, described Ms Ssentongo as a respectful, loving, amiable, gentle soul who worked hard to alleviate the suffering of others.
Mr Mao said the deceased was a strong pillar of DP who was not moved by the current political wave which saw many party stalwarts defecting to National Unity Platform led by presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi.
Daily Monitor
Sunday December 20 2020
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She succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Ms Ssentongo becomes the third MP to succumb to Covid -19 in just a space of three months after her counterparts Rehema Watongola (Kamuli Municipality) and Faith Alupo (Pallisa Woman MP) died of the disease.
Ms Ssentongo was well-liked and respected by her electorates and those she worked with during her career as a social worker which spans three decades.
When news about Ssentongo’s death reached Kyotera on Friday morning, her supporters were seen gathering in small groups, contemplating the next course of action after the death of their flag bearer.
Kyotera Woman MP, Robina Ssentongo succumbs to Covid-19
Friday December 18 2020
Kyotera Woman MP, Robina Ssentongo has died. She succumbed to COVID-19 Friday morning, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has announced.
Ssentongo who has been representing Kyotera on the Democratic Party (DP) ticket has died at the age of 58.
She becomes the third MP to succumb to COVID-19 in just a space of three months after her counterparts Rehema Watongola (Kamuli Municipality) and Faith Alupo (Pallisa Woman MP) died of the disease.
Ssentongo’s death also comes barely a day after former Masaka district woman MP and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer for the same seat, Freda Nanziri Kase Mubanda, died at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi where she had been admitted.