Tumwine died of lung cancer on Thursday last week in Nairobi at Aga Khan hospital. His body was returned to the country on Friday evening and taken to a funeral home at Bombo Military hospital.
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According to a statement issued by the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesperson, Brig Gen Felix Kulaigye, the UPDF and the deceased's family have harmonised the funeral programme.
He revealed that an official vigil was held at the residence of the late Tumwine in Nakasero on Sunday, which began at 4 pm.
A requiem service will be held on Monday 29 (today) at Kololo Independence Grounds and thereafter his body will be transported to the ancestral home in Mukuru, Rwemikoma sub county , Kazo district.
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On Tuesday, a funeral service and burial will then be held at the deceased’s country home in Mukuru.
"There will be invitations for some categories of mourners for the requiem service at Kololo Independence Grounds. Those to be invited will be contacted by the directorate of protocol and will be required to undergo COVID-19 tests at Kololo on Sunday 28th August," said Kulaigye.
The UPDF spokesperson also said that the rest of the mourners will join the requiem service at Kololo are equally welcome and would be guided by protocol on the sitting arrangement, in view of the prevailing situation of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tumwine’s death has torn Ugandans down the middle in terms of who remembered him fondly and those who recall the late Four Star General in the harshest light as being involved in shootings which claimed over fifty four Ugandan lives during the last General Elections.
