Former Buhaguzi MP dies
Tom Kyahurwenda
Hoima- Former Buhaguzi County Member of Parliament, Tom Kyahurwenda has died.
The 60-year-old politician died on Monday at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala where he was admitted, according to his family.
Mr Ignatius Besisira, who served with him in the 8th parliament, drove him from Hoima to Kampala on Sunday.
He said the deceased had breathing complications and was complaining of abdominal and chest pain.
Mr Besisira, who is a former Buyaga County MP said Mr Kyahurwenda collapsed at about 10:30 am at Nsambya Hospital and was taken to the Intensive Care Unit.
“He died at about 11:15am. I was by his bedside at the time of his death,” Mr Besisira told the Daily Monitor.
His family said for the past two years, Mr Kyahurwenda has been battling high blood pressure.
In December 2016, he was admitted at Nsambya where he spent over a month and since then, he has been frequenting the hospital for medical reviews.
According to Mr Besisira, Kyahurwenda is survived by 14 children and two wives.
The family has not yet announced the burial programme but his body is due to be transported to his ancestral home in Kabwooya Sub-county in Hoima District.
Kyahurwenda’s in-law Mr Javian Agenonga said Kyahurwenda was a chief advisor of the family and always settled family conflicts.
Mr Deziderious Matovu, the Kabwooya Catholic Parish head catechist said Kyahurwenda was a kind and generous politician.
“He built several churches and mosques in our county. He also sponsored over ten needy students in each sub-county. We shall miss a generous Christian,” Mr Matovu said.
He is among politicians who have been advocating for the creation of Kikuube District out of Hoima District.
He served as the Hoima NRM Vice chairman from 2001 to 2016.
“He was a committed and hardworking NRM cadre. He was a good mobiliser,” Mr David Maxwell Kaboyo, the Hoima District NRM secretary general, said.
Kyahurwenda was elected as Buhaguzi MP in 2001 after defeating Brig Matayo Kyaligonza.
He was re-elected in 2006 and served until 2011 when he lost the seat to Mr Julius Junjura Bigirwa.
Mr Kyahurwenda attempted a comeback in 2016 but he lost the NRM primaries to Mr Daniel Muhairwe, the incumbent Buhaguzi MP.
