Mathias Sewanyana was one of the first famous Ugandans to escape from the Maximum Security Prison, Luzira, in Kampala. He escaped from the famous Upper Prison in 1955 but was re-arrested.
Popularly known as Kibuka Kiganira Omumbale, Sewanyana was born to Joseph Baliddukamu, a Catholic catechist, in Busiro on Kampala-Masaka road.
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