George Okurapa, a former guild president and government critic, has died in Canada. He succumbed to cardiac arrest, deputy speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa quoted the deceased’s wife Edinah as saying.
Tayebwa was sad that Okurapa had passed on before working on his commitment towards reconciliation between the opposition in diaspora and President Yoweri Museveni’s government.
“I am shocked to learn of the sudden death of [George Okurapa], who passed away last night in Toronto, Canada. I have been informed by his wife Edinah that he suffered a cardiac arrest after his daily work routine at home and was pronounced dead a few hours later,” noted Tayebwa.
“George had committed his energy to working with [President Museveni] to bring about reconciliation between the opposition diaspora and the government. It is sad that he has passed away before we could accomplish this project, but I’m sure his efforts won’t die in vain. My condolences to the family and the country at large.”
Veteran Andrew Mwenda described George Okurapa as “a dynamic intellectual with a big heart.”
“I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of George Okurapa, a man of many parts. I first met George in July 1997 at the home of President Milton Obote in Lusaka, Zambia, and we became instant friends. A dynamic intellectual with a big heart, George hosted me at his home for a week during my I first visit to Toronto, Canada, in July 1998,” Mwenda noted.
“We kept in regular touch all these years until his sudden death from cardiac arrest yesterday. He embodied the best qualities of humility with grace; very difficult to anger and very easy to get along with. May his soul RIP.”
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