Jolly Mugisha the National Unity Platform (NUP) Deputy President for Western Uganda has died
HABARI DAILY I Kampala, Uganda I Grief and sadness has gripped the National Unity Platform (NUP) following the announcement that its Deputy President for Western Uganda. Jolly Kyomugasho Mugisha has passed on.
Mugisha, who was born in Buhanama, Itojo Sub County in Ntungamo District, passed away on Monday at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, where she had been in a coma for several weeks.
She has been a social worker by training and a politician by conviction.
Announcing her passing, the NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, said: “With great sadness, we announce the passing of Jolly Mugisha. Mama Jolly has passed on this afternoon from Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital where she has been admitted in a coma for several weeks.”
Ssentamu, who posted the bad news on his handle on X, formerly Twitter, said that Mama Jolly will always be remembered as a true Ugandan heroine.
He further said that Mugisha had been an influential figure within the NUP and in Uganda’s political landscape, particularly in Western Uganda, where she tirelessly championed the party’s vision for justice, freedom, and equality.
She is remembered for her fearless demeanor, which she used to advocate for the marginalised and inspiring a new generation of Ugandan leaders.
Ssentamu, who is popularly known as Bobi Wine, wrote off by saying that “Other communication will be made in due course. Rest in perfect peace, comrade Maama!”
