By Our Reporter
KAMPALA: The government of Uganda has issued a tentative program for the burial of the Bank of Uganda Governor Prof Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile who died yesterday morning in Nairobi
The Prime Minister Rt Hon Hon Robinah Nabbanja yesterday said that a burial committee headed by the Minister for ICT and National Guidance Hon Dr Chris Baryomunsi and Deputised by Minister of State for Industry Hon David Bahati had been formed by the government to oversee the burial program.
According to the tentative program, the body of the late Tumusiime Mutebile arrives in Uganda tomorrow Tuesday January 25th 2022.
Minister Bahati who is also the Ndorwa West Member of Parliament in Kabale District where Mutebile hails from said that there will be a Vigil at the deceased home at Kololo on Wednesday evening.
Hon Bahati said that according to the tentative program, there will be a Session in Parliament to honor the fallen Governor of the Bank of Uganda on Thursday morning at 10am.
The official funeral of the late Tumusiime Mutebile is expected to take place at Kololo Independence Grounds on Friday starting 10am and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is expected to be the chief mourner.
Hon Bahati said that the body is expected to be taken to Kabale over weekend by air either on Sunday evening or Monday morning depending on the arrangements and final funeral service and burial will take place at his ancestral home in Ruhita Kabale Municipality on Monday next week.
The burial committee is expected to meet again on Wednesday at Serena Conference Center to confirm and or adjust in the program.
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