EAC pays tribute to fallen chairman of Council of Ministers
By Liz Sengwaji
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Uganda’s Police force members
wheeling Wapakanbulo’s remains into Parliament on March 30. |
The East African Community Secretary General
has sent a message of condolences to President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda
following the death of the country’s Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
for Foreign Affairs, James Wapakabulo.
"On behalf of the East African Community
Secretariat and on my own behalf, I convey most heartfelt condolences to Your
Excellency, and, through you, to the bereaved family, relatives, friends and
colleagues of the late James Wapakabulo; the National Resistance Movement and
government and people of Uganda", said the Message by Amanya Mushega.
Wapakabulo was also Chairman of the Council of
Ministers of the East African Community.
As Chairman of the Council of Ministers,
Wapakabulo steered the deliberations of the Council of Ministers with great
skill and persuasive appeal during a definitive era of the revival and
consolidation of East African Co-operation, said the message.
Wapakabulo, popularly known in Uganda as Wapa,
passed away on March 27 this year. Multitudes of people streamed into the
parliament building in Kampala on March 30 to pay their last respects to the
fallen Minister.
He has left behind wife Angelina and children
Moses, Angela, Mana, Lumumba , Yona and Josephine.
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