Late former Minister Kuya's Home in Manafwa in sorry state

The above photo is the current status of  late master kuya's home. The Unfinished house is located in sibanga, manafwa District in Eastern Uganda.

This houses were not finished due political turmoil  in obote ll which led to his flee to Nairobi, where he has been ever since till his death. 

Former Obote Minister Masette Kuuya died yesterday on 23rd November 2022.

He once served as a  Minister for Rehabilitation in the second Obote government and was very radical and strict.

Dr Kuuya died from Nairobi Kenya where he has been lecturing at the School of Economics at Kenyatta University.

He fled to Kenya after the overthrow of government by Tito Okello. He hails from Manafwa District in Bugobero Sub-County, manafwa District.

He holds a BA (Economics) from Makerere University and MA (Economics) from University of Dar es salaam. 

Dr Kuuya was an experienced lecturer in the History of Economics Through, Economic specialisation include International Economics and Entrepreneurship.

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A section of leaders in Bugisu region have asked the government to accord an official burial to former minister Patrick Masete Kuuya who died in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday

Until his death 85-year-old Kuuya had lived in exile in Kenya for more than 37 years. He served as Minister for Rehabilitation in the second Obote administration from 1981 to 1985 when the military overthrew Obote and installed General Tito Okello Lutwa as head of state. Obote went into exile in Kenya and then Zambia where he lived until his death in October 2005. Kuuya was among several top government officials who ran into exile following the coup.

In a telephone conversation with URN today, Mary  Gorret Kitutu, the Minister for Karamoja Affairs, who is also the Woman MP for Manafwa District, said that she has written to President Yoweri Museveni asking him to take over the entire burial programme. Kitutu says that Bugisu and the nation have lost an irreplaceable, developmental, and patriotic person who deserves a decent burial. 

John Musila, the Member of Parliament for Bubulo East in Namisindwa District has urged his fellow leaders to take Kuuya as an example in terms of lobbying for their people. Musila adds that Kuuya has died but he will be remembered for lobbying for the construction of Mbale City Stadium and Mbale- Lwakhakha road in the 1980s.    

Walimbwa Peke, the former Manafwa District chairperson urged all leaders from Bugisu to grieve together and not just see Kuuya as one from the Uganda People's Congress - UPC party.  

Hakimu Watenyeli, the Elgon region UPC party mobilizer praised Kuuya as a person who loved his party during and after his time of leadership. Kuuya's body is still in Nairobi.   

The call comes just two days after the official burial, on Monday, of Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere, the former leader of the Democratic Party who died on Friday last week.