Ugandan businessman and politician John Ssebaana Kizito has officially been confirmed death by the State minister for primary education, Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde.
Ms Seninde has during a press briefing at Media Centre in Kampala said that the veteran politician died at about 10.30 am on Monday from a stroke.
Dr Joseph Okia, one of the medics who were attending to Ssebaana narrated his final hours saying that when his heart stopped, they tried to revive him but unfortunately “we lost him.”
The deceased was the President of the Democratic Party (DP) in Uganda from 2005 to 2010.
False reports of his death surfaced earlier last week, days after his admission to Nakasero Hospital’s intensive care unit where he has been for two weeks in critical condition.
Police refuted the claims as several dignitaries in the country made their way to the hospital including the reigning Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, Muwenda Mutebi II.
His admission came following a stroke which hit him damaging some right part of the body including the brain.
According to sources, Mr Joseph Mubiru Kizito who works with World Bank in New York is the only known surviving son of Ssebana after two of his sons; Edward Kitaka and Job Kizito died in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
He also has four daughters: Ms Ruth Nasuuna his first born, Joyce Kizito Kajoba a Pharmacist, Ms Jeniffer Kizito an engineer and Ms Christine Kizito a Chemist.
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