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Farewell sagacious James Mulwana
Before he died, Mulwana joined the congregation at All Saints Church in Kampala to celebrate the Church’s 100 years of existence. Photo by Rachel Mabala
Posted Sunday, February 3 2013 at 02:00
In Summary
Smiling down on us. President Museveni, among other mourners and commentators, is reported to have said that if there was a heaven, James Mulwana is there. I agree!
As I have just indicated, the All Saints Church, formerly part of a hospital, was a kind of “recluse” for the small white community. It was inevitably, if reluctantly, laid open to blacks as Independence approached. It was one fine Saturday, on March 3, 1962, that James Senkaali Mulwana and Sarah Nankabirwa Nyanzi, walked down the aisle of the All Saints Church to be the first ever blacks to be declared man and wife in this formerly only-whites sanctuary.
As I pointed out all along, Ugandans, including his family, indeed, part of the world, mourned the passing of James when he answered divine summons that Tuesday morning on January 15. President Museveni, among other mourners and commentators, is reported to have said that if there is a heaven, James is there. I agree! I am, in my sorrow, consoled by the certainty that the soul of James, this minute, reposes among those of God’s own elect.
Fare thee well, James Mulwana.
Mr Gureme is a senior citizen
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