FDC's Frank Nabwiso dies at 84
Dr Frank Nabwiso, a member of the FDC Elders' Council addressing journalists in Kampala on August 9, 2023. PHOTO/ MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI
What you need to know:
- He has been undergoing treatment for pneumonia at Mukono Hospital where he died from
- Between 1969 and 1970, Dr Nabwiso also taught senior army officers at Gaddafi Barracks Development Studies.
Former Kagoma County Member of Parliament, Dr Frank Nabwiso has died, his family announced Saturday.
Dr Nabwiso died this morning at Mukono Hospital where he had been admitted for treatment. He was aged 84.
“It is true your friend has died from Mukono hospital today. He died at around 10am,’’ his wife Christine Kagoya Nabwiso told this reporter on telephone.
She said the veteran politician has been in hospital for about a month undergoing treatment for Pneumonia.
Dr Nabwiso who has been a member of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change Party (FDC) Elders' Council is survived by nine children, three of whom are adopted.
They include Mathhew Nabwiso and Jonathan Nabwiso, both in film industry.
Mr Ibrahim Ndoga, a member of FDC National Publicity Committee said Dr Nabwiso was planning to restore the lost support for FDC in Busoga sub region after the opposition party split.
Education background.
Dr Nabwiso attained a Grade III certificate at the National Teachers’ College, Kyambogo, before proceeding to Makerere University and obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in History and Political Science in 1967.
In 1968, he acquired a scholarship to pursue a Master’s degree in African Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.
It was during his stay at Sussex University that he met contemporaries like former Presidents of South Africa and Botswana, Mr Thabo Mbeki and Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi respectively, and the former Vice President of Kenya, Mr George Saitoti.
In 1976, he achieved a Doctorate in Adult Education and Rural Development from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the United States, making him the first Ugandan Grade III teacher to attain it.
Employment
In 1962, Dr Nabwiso joined Radio Uganda as Lusoga news anchor after serving teaching at Kaliro Junior Secondary School and Bishop Wills Teachers’ Training College in Iganga.
In 1969, he was appointed resident tutor at the Centre for Continuing Education Makerere University Busoga and East Mengo Sub-region, replacing the late Prof Apollo Nsibambi
Between 1969 and 1970, Dr Nabwiso also taught senior army officers at Gaddafi Barracks Development Studies.
In 1976, he was appointed Regional International Officer at International Planned Parenthood Federation in Nairobi, Kenya for five years, after which he joined Intra-Health International, a programme for international training for health, which was being implemented by the University of North Carolina in the United States.
In 1984, he joined the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and became Secretary for the external wing, and in 1985, he was the Secretary of the peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya between the Ugandan government led by President Tito Okello Lutwa and the NRA led by Yoweri Museveni.
In 1987, he was appointed Executive Director of Uganda Export Promotion Council for a five-year term, after which he became the second director Aids Information Centre (AIC) for three years.
In 1989, he started preparing for elective politics, which saw him elected Kagoma County MP from 2001 to 2006. In 2007, he was selected by the United States-based National Democratic Institute to monitor presidential elections in Sierra Leone.
In 2008, he was appointed Secretary of the Interparty cooperation which had emerged, including Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), Democratic Party (DP), Justice Forum (Jeema), and FDC and Conservative Party (CP).
In 2013, he was elected acting Vice Chancellor of Busoga University, and is currently volunteering on research at Cultural Research Centre in Jinja under the Catholic Diocese.
