BURIAL CEREMONY, CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF RT.HON. DR. PAUL KAWANGA SSEMWOGERERE 1932-2022. скачать в хорошем качестве

BURIAL CEREMONY, CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF RT.HON. DR. PAUL KAWANGA SSEMWOGERERE 1932-2022.

Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere was born on February 11th 1932 at the Bumangi Catholic Mission in Ssese Islands present day Kalangala District. His father was Joseph Bagenda Kapere a fisherman and mother Maria Lwiza Namwendero a homemaker. He was the last born of eight children all of whom are now deceased. His was a partial breech birth, the Catholic parish priest Pere Becce helped deliver him. That begun his long association with the Catholic Church. In 1933, his father Joseph Kapere was afflicted with a terminal illness and treated at Kisubi Mission Hospital. Unfortunately, he passed away in August 1933 and was buried on the Feast of the Assumption at the Bumangi Mission cemetery. In 1971, he was released with other political prisoners and rejoined Ben Kiwanuka in his private political office which he ran out of his law chambers, Ben Kiwanuka and Co Advocates. In September 1971, Ben Kiwanuka was appointed Solicitor General and early in 1972 Chief Justice. Tragically Ben Kiwanuka was abducted from his chambers in September never to be seen alive to this day. In one of the few joyous moments in recent years he was alive to celebrate the first four iterations of the Ben Kiwanuka Day, his mentor by the Judiciary of Uganda initiated by former Chief Justice Bart Katureebe. After a staged car accident in 1972, Paul Ssemogerere escaped as a serviceman aboard a railway freight car, hIn 1973 he joined the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse. In the same year he met his now widow Germina Namatovu who was a tutor at St. Mary’s College Marymount in Maryland. Germina Namatovu had begun her graduate studies in Economics at Duke University in North Carolina. IN 1996, Paul Ssemogerere waged a second and final campaign for President. The results were distorted by allegations of rigging, distribution of voters’ cards by government officials. On the final day of the campaigns, he was boat wrecked when the Police Marine Commandant refused to transport him to Kalangala ahead of the final campaign rally in Mukono. There were a few of us in the boat which ran ashore at 4 am. He quickly made it to the final campaign rallies in Mukono. News of this incident which nearly claimed his life has remained under wraps up to this day. In the aftermath of the campaign, he returned to the DP Headquarters where he almost singlehandedly waged a campaign to remove Article 269 from the Constitution. Other Career Highlights. 1951 Relief Teacher Lubaga Boys School. 1979-1981- Member Board, Uganda Development Bank. 1981-1985- Member of Parliament Mpigi South West (present day Busiro South and Entebbe Municipality). 1986 Formation of the Commission of Inquiry into Violation of Human Rights in Uganda between 1971 and 1986, this Commission was the forerunner of today’s Uganda Human Rights Commission. Many former leaders including former Vice President Paul Muwanga were brought to account before this Commission. 1986-1989- Member National Resistance Council. 1989-1995- Member National Resistance Council (Busiro County). 1990. Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Humanities and Letters by his Alma Mater Allegheny College. 1988-1989- As Minister of Internal Affairs- he led to the location of UNAFRI Headquarters. 1989-1991- Chair of the OAU Council of Foreign Ministers. 1992. Treaty of the Protocol for the East African Community. 1993 Co Chair Coronation Committee for the Investiture of Ssabasajja Kabaka along with the late Hon. Abu Kakyama Mayanja. 1993-1995 Member Constituent Assembly, Busiro South. Member of Committee Five that deadlocked on political systems producing one of the two contentious issues for open vote by the Constituent Assembly, on Article 99(1) of the Draft Constitution. 2008. Distinguished Graduate Award, Allegheny College. His classmates paid tribute to the risks he took fighting for human rights and democracy in Uganda for his entire career. 2020. Lifetime Achievement, “Ejjinja ly’omuwendo” Obwakabaka bwa Buganda. Major Influences on Political Views and Outlook: Mahatma Gandhi pacifist views. Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African views. Nelson Mandela- He has been variously referred to as the Nelson Mandela of Uganda even though he never became President. Family. Married to Prof. Germina Namatovu a retired economics professor at Makerere University and Chairperson Wakiso District Service Commission. Father of (5). Preceded in death by his eldest daughter Grace Nabatanzi Sendaula. Father of Karoli Ssemogerere, Anna Namakula, Immaculate Kibuuka and Paul Ssemakula. Father in-law to Jeffrey Sanow, Benon Kibuuka and Alice Semakula. Grandfather of Adrian Mugalula, Paul Mpagi, Maria Wanyana, Germina Ssemogerere, Paul K Ssemogerere, Gerald C Ssemogerere, Delilah Nankinga, Jemimah Semakula and Gabriella Namubiru. Great grandfather to Mia, Willow, Tessie.