Uganda's First Health Minister Dies Aged 103 Years

11 December 2019

Uganda's first indigenous Health minister, Dr Emmanuel Bijugo Ssajjalyabeene Lumu is dead. Lumu breathed his last at his residence in Bakuli in Kampala this morning aged 103 years.

His daughter, Vivian Kityo, says her father died in the early hours of the morning from a suspected pneumonia attack. "Mzee has been unwell for the last three days and has been receiving treatment at home. He has been strong and well," Kityo said.

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