By Gilbert Akampa Kakurugu,
KAMPALA
Longtime western Uganda radio journalist Eliot Kabangira Magande died on Thursday from medical complications following short admissions at Mulago hospital, a credible source has confirmed.
In a message shared on several social media forums, the journalist allegedly died of a cancer disease which he has been battling for a long time.
“He had cancer 🦀 for a long time so his time was planned by God to stop here,” read a WhatsApp message.
He died on Thursday morning (February 22) at Mulago hospital in Kampala.
In an eulogy shared on his X (formerly Twitter) platform, Parrots Media founder and News Editor, Leonard Kamugisha Akida said he will be remembered as an exceptional current affairs journalist, a storyteller and a talented vocalist.
Eliot Kabangira Magande was an exceptional current affairs journalist, a story teller and a talented vocalist. He made me fall in love with journalism. I still recall how he'd breakdown the Libyan, Yemen wars in his Friday night #AfricanMagazine presentations on Radio Ankole. RIP pic.twitter.com/XxE3FoXg6A
— 𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐊𝐀𝐌𝐔𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀 𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐀 (@akida_leonard) February 22, 2024
Eliot Kabangira Magande’s name cannot be skipped when talking about Radio industry in western Uganda and Uganda in particular.
He is a renown Radio documentary producer, and news editor who always pushed young journalists to tell great stories on the radio airwaves.
He was also a driving force behind African Magazine, a documentary program that featured the best foreign current affairs reports on wars, disasters, science and technology. The program, which aired every week on Friday for two hours on the airwaves of 99.3FM Radio Ankole in Ntungamo district, promised listeners it would “bring you the world closure to their homes.”
Previously, Eliot Kabangira Magande worked with other stations such as Radio Rukungiri in Rukungiri district, and Radio Kinkiizi in Kanungu district where he produced radio documentaries for a number of programs.
By the time of his death, he was serving as the station manager of Radio Ankole in Ntungamo. May His Soul Rest In Peace.
