AUDIO: Former Justice minister and Buganda premier Nkangi dies in hospital
Buganda Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga (L) visiting former Justice minister and Katikkiro Joash Mayanja Nkangi at Nakasero hospital earlier. Courtesy photo
What you need to know:
- At the age of 80, he was still at the helm of Uganda Land Commission.
- Nkangi's son, Marcus Luswanta told this reporter that his father’s body will be taken to his home in minister’s village in Ntinda, a Kampala suburb.
Former Justice minister and Buganda Katikkiro (prime minister) Joash Mayanja Nkangi has died, his daughter Josephine Mayanja-Nkangi confirmed to Daily Monitor.
He is said to have succumbed to acute heart failure on Monday at about 8:00am at Nakasero Hospital where he had been admitted after his health deteriorated.
Nkangi has been, for some time, undergoing treatment for pneumonia pending transfer to India for further management, according to a family spokesperson.
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“On February 19, we realised that he was in a lot of inexplicable pain, so we rushed him to the hospital. Until this week, we didn’t really know what the extent of the damage was. The doctors said it was pneumonia. However, on Sunday, my father took a turn for the worse. An oncologist was called in and on Monday, we learnt that dad is seriously ill,” Ms Josephine Mayanja-Nkangi, said in a statement on Sunday.
Mr Nkangi retired in 2014 following an illustrious public service career lasting more than 50 years.
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He is 80 years old but Mayanja Nkangi is still serving the country as chairman of Uganda Land Commission (ULC). When I call on him for an interview, which I get after four attempts, he offers me only 30 minutes but he is such a good story-teller that he soon forgets. The conversation lasts well over two hours.
At the age of 80, he was still at the helm of Uganda Land Commission.
He had previously served as Finance minister, Attorney General and Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister. He was Buganda Katikkiro at the time of the 1966 crisis.
Nkangi's son, Marcus Luswanta told this reporter that his father’s body will be taken to his home in minister’s village in Ntinda, a Kampala suburb.
