Sebaggala dead: Here’s a look at his life and times
Nasser Ntege Sebaggala is dead. Courtesy photo
Former Kampala mayor and wealthy businessman Nasser Ntege Sebaggala, popularly known as Seya, has passed on.
He breathed his last September 26 morning at the International Hospital Kampala (IHK).
Sebaggala had been admitted her after suffering intestinal obstruction or intussusception.
He had on September 08 collapsed while at his home in Munyonyo in Kampala.
Sebaggala underwent an operation and was placed under life support in IHK’s Intensive Care Unit.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SEBAGGALA SEYA
Date of birth: November 15, 1947
Place of birth: Kisaasi
Parents: Hajji Shaban Ssebaggala and Hajjati Nabatanzi
Family position: First born out of 27 children
Date of death: September 26, 2020
Age: 72
Began vending vegetables with his father at Nakasero Market
One of the first Ugandans to open a supermarket (Ugantico) along Kampala Road
Arrested by military ruler Idi Amin for his lavish life.
Education
Wandegeya Madrasa
Kibuli Demonstration School
Post-graduate Diploma in Management and Planning
Professional Development Diploma in Management Studies: Oxford College, UK
Politics
1998: Stood for Kampala Mayor and beat Christopher Yiga of National Resistance Movement (NRM)
June 1998-February 1999: Arrested in US, convicted on eight counts of making false customs declaration, bank fraud and transporting forged documents into the US, jailed for 11 months.
Declares 2001 presidential ambition after heroic return to Kampala
2001: Electoral Commission (EC) rejects his academic papers as inadequate for the position of president.
2002: Government pays part of his fees for his education at Oxford College, UK
2006: Wins Kampala Mayor Race
2010: Loses Democratic Party (DP) presidential election to Norbert Mao.
2010: Forms Liberal Democratic Transparency (LDT) party (after merger between Sebaggala’s Progressive Democratic Alliance and the LDT.
2011: Museveni appoints Sebaggala Minister without Portfolio. Parliament rejects his appointment.
2012: Museveni appoints Sebaggala Senior Presidential advisor for special duties
2015: Announces bid for president of Uganda but pulls out of race.
2016: Reppointed President Yoweri Museveni’s advisor
2020: Expresses interest in Kampala Lord Mayoral race, seeks NUP ticket but falls sick before nominations
Samuel Kamugisha is a Ugandan journalist, editor, language instructor, poet, fiction and non-fiction writer. A Makerere University graduate of Journalism and Communication with a decade-long experience in news reporting, writing and editing, Kamugisha is Editor at The Pearl Times. Most of his previous work was published by The Observer. When he is not doing journalism work -- which is rare -- Kamugisha will be reading or writing a short story or a poem, or caught up in the writer's block.