Former Ugandan president Binaisa dead

  1. Posted on Friday 6 August 2010 - 14:05
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    Ryekolal Raphie, AfricaNews reporter in Kampala, Uganda
    Former President of Uganda Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa QC has died. He died at 90 on Thursday morning at his home in Kizungu Zone in Makindye Division, a Kampala suburb.
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    He was the nation’s 6th President. Ex-president Binaisa is said to have died in his sleep.

    “We are gutted and really depressed,” said Nakalema Binaisa, a daughter to the former President, struggling to hold back tears.

    Ms Nakalema said her father went to bed last night “smiling” but did not wake-up this morning.

    “We went to the hospital on Monday and we were told that his blood sugar levels had gone down,” she said. “We went back home and he seemed alright. He was smiling last night when he went to sleep. I remember he called the nurse to check on him before he went to sleep. This morning he did not wake-up.”

    His body was taken to the national referral hospital at Mulago for a post-mortem. Ms Nakalema said her father’s physicians suspect the former leader could have succumbed after a cardiac arrest, and “his heart just stopped beating,” she told local media in an interview.

    “He was always with us and we had so many plans. He was a fabulous human being; we are so gutted.”

    Arrangements are under way for a state funeral for the former leader. Officials at the Office of the President and the Prime Minister’s Office are coordinating burial arrangements.

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