Ssegirinya Muhammad, also known as “Mr. Update,” the Member of Parliament for Kawempe North, is dead.
“Very sad news this morning. Our brother, our friend, our fellow leader Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya has passed on. Such a dark morning,” Robert Kyagulanyi, the President of the National Unity Platform, a party Ssegirinya subscribes to, said in a social media post.
Ssegirinya had been bedridden, battling various health complications since he was released from prison two years ago.
Since his release, Ssegirinya had been in and out of hospitals, battling lung disease, hypertension, skin cancer, and other complications.
In mid-last year, he was rushed to Germany and later transferred to Amsterdam UMC Hospital in the Netherlands as his condition had worsened beyond what could be managed in Uganda. He was discharged from Amsterdam UMC Hospital in September after receiving treatment for various ailments.
However, his health condition deteriorated a few months later, leading to his admission to Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, where he remained for nearly six months until his discharge in June last year.
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