By Our Reporter,
NATIONAL
Former Minister of Cooperatives and Marketing in Obote II government and Uganda People’s Congress acolyte, Yona Kanyomozi is dead.
Kanyomozi died today’s afternoon at Nakasero Hospital Kampala, aged 82yrs.
According to reports; Kanyomozi has succumbed the battle to cancer.
He served as a member of the East African Legislative Assembly in Arusha in the early years of the reestablished East African Community.
He is a step brother to former army commander and now party president of Alliance for National Transformation. Maj. Mugisha Muntu.
In a social media post, National Unity Platform Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya eulogized the late noting, “Rest in peace, Mzee Yona Kanyomozi. Thank you for your commitment to Uganda all these years, and the words of wisdom you have consistently shared with us. It’s very sad you’ve passed on at a time when our nation is in dire need of forthright elders like you. Fare thee well.”
