I checked body to confirm it was Ssemwanga - aunt

The late Ivan Ssemwanga's aunt, Lukia Mukalazi, has dismissed rumours that it was not his nephew who was buried on Tuesday in Kayunga.

According to Mukalazi, when the body arrived, she checked for all the birth marks and confirmed that it was indeed Ssemwanga.

"I raised the late Ssemwanga after his mother died, when the body arrived I checked the feet, toes, fingers and nails and proved it was Ssemwanga because I know him more than anyone else since he grew up with me," Mukalazi said.

 Ssemwanga's aunts a day after his burial

Jimmy Luyinda, Ssemwanga's uncle said they blocked people from photographing Ssemwanga's body as a way of respecting the dead.

Ssemwanga, 40, died last week from a South African Hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Ssemwanga, who was a president of the rich gang, a group of socialites, owned over 30 schools in South Africa.