Is November The Month of Death?
by So many Ugandans of eminent stature died this November-perhaps November brings death along, does it?
The Mother of Rebel Leader Joseph Kony
On 10th November 2009 when Ugandans were still soul searching on the death of Major General Kazini, the Mother of the notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony also died at Mulago Hospital. Mrs Norah Otim seperated with the father of Joseph Kony in 1989 when the father learnt that his son Joseph Kony had become a rebel. She had become a born again christian who believed strongly that the only way to bringing an end to the war in northern Uganda was through prayer and talks. She was personally brought to the safety of Central Uganda by President Yoweri Museveni and was regularly being given provision by the state. She died of a heart complication on 10th November, 2009 She was 86.
Mabira Accident on Kampala-Jinja Road
The burial of Joseph Kony’s mother had not yet been done, on 11th November, 2009 when another passenger mini bus currying 14 people was involved in a headon collision with a Tipper Lorry at Mabira forest, a notorious accident dark spot along Jinja-Kampala road. The Tipper Lorry knocked the the Mini bus with all its passengers off the road and then followed suit to go atop the vehicle, literally grinding the on board passengers into a mass of flesh and body parts. A pregnant woman had the baby “pushed” out and then subjected to the painful physical death outside the mother’s body. Thousands of Ugandans have died at this spot, but statistics show that the November-December period has recorded the highest incidents of trgaic accidents here.
Master Ssebanga
On the same day, a little boy of about 15 years old, Master Ssebanga who about 8 years ago made screaming headlines on the Ugandan press died of natural causes. His death was noticeable for the very obvious reason that he had suffered the grimmest form of parental neglect at the hands of his step mother. He was literally left to rot in a shack building in one of the surburbs of Kampala. He was discovered by some good samaritans who called in the Family Protection unit of the police to salvage the dying Ssebanga who was so emaciated that he was just a heap of bones and a heavy grey head which his feeble neck could nolonger carry. The parents were arrested and jailed for parental neglect. Ssebanga was taken to an orphange and given an education by a charity christian organization. It shocked the nation that Ssebanga could not live to redeem himself from the gruesome suffering of his child hood.
We solemnly hope and pray that 2010 November does not repeat this wave of death on Ugandans.
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