Daily Monitor
Monday December 21 2020
A Covid-19 team from Ministry of Health conducts the burial of the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Ali Kirunda Kivejinja in Buwabe Village, Bugweri District yesterday. PHOTO/DENIS EDEMA
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Fare-thee-well
The NRM party has lost a committed and patriotic mobiliser, whose tireless efforts helped to deepen the roots of our historical mission to transform Uganda,” President Museveni.
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President Museveni yesterday paid tribute to the second deputy Prime Minister, Alhajji Ali Kirunda Kivejinja, as a committed patriot, who contributed to their liberation struggles.
Alhajji Kivejinja, 85, died at Mulago National Referral Hospital on Saturday after being admitted for several weeks with coronavirus.
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Minister Kivejinja succumbed to Covid-19 - Museveni
Saturday December 19 2020
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President Museveni, while addressing a rally in Hoima city- hinted that the veteran politician succumbed to Covid-19 related complications, Saturday, December 19, 2020.
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Uganda’s second deputy Prime Minister, Kirunda Kivejinja has died.
While addressing a political rally in Hoima, Saturday, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hinted that Kivejinja had died from Covid-19, affirming what the deceased s son had told the
Daily Monitor. It s true he is dead. He passed away at Mulago National referral Hospital, his son Faruk Kirunda said earlier.
He had tested positive for covid-19 although he had underlying diseases like diabetes.