Uganda mourns former Kampala Mayor Al-Hajji Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala dead

By BigEyeUg TeamAre you team LIVERPOOL or team ARSENAL? Take your bet here for big cash. CLICK HERE.Uganda continues in a saddened mood after the death of former Kampala Lord Mayor, Al-Hajji Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala (Seya).According to his young brother also Kawempe North MP Latif Ssebagala Sengendo , the Late Ssebaggala succumbed on Saturday 10AM at Kampala International Hospital (IHK) where he was admitted two weeks ago after slippering and falling in his house bathroom.The Late Al-Hajji Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala (Seya)He underwent a successful operation to curb the internal complications he had but his health worsened days later and he was advised to redo it.Unfortunately, upon repeating the operation his ailing persisted on Thursday 24th September until today morning when he breathed his last.The Late Ssebaggala had in the past months resurfaced into active politics as he announced interest in contesting for the Kampala Lord Mayoral seat in the upcoming general elections.Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala born 15 November 1947 was a Ugandan businessman and politician who was Mayor of Kampala from 2006 to 2011.The Late Nasser Ssebagala and his young brother Latif SsebagalaHe was an independent presidential candidate in the 2006 general election before dropping out and joining the Kampala mayoral race.Ssebagala’s Career:Following the expulsion of Asians by Idi Amin in 1972, Nasser Sebaggala acquired a supermarket called UGANTICO on Nkrumah road the lower entrance to current CHAM towers an electronics and clothes store on Kampala Road, the main thoroughfare in Kampala. His business interests grew over time. In 1998, he began his political career by running for the position of Mayor of Kampala.Ostensibly a member of the Democratic Party, Sebaggala won the first direct elections for mayor of Kampala in 1998, beating two government-sponsored candidates.However, he was arrested in the United States two months later, in June 1998, on eight counts of fraud and lying to U.S. customs officials.In February 1999, he received a 15-month sentence but was paroled in December 1999. He returned to Kampala in February 2000 to a warm welcome and considered a bid in the 2001 presidential elections.In mid-December 2005, he broke with the Democratic Party (DP), after he came third in the party presidential primaries, which was won by Ssebaana Kizito, and registered himself as an independent.A week later, he reversed himself, withdrawing his candidacy and announcing his support for Kizito. When he lost the Democratic Party nominations to Norbert Mao in 2010, he quit the DP and formed his own party.Rest in Peace Al-Hajji Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala (Seya)!