The former human rights commissioner, Fr Simon Lokodo died of Covid-19.

This was revealed by an official working at the Ugandan Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mary Namono, the accounting officer at the Ugandan embassy in Geneva, said Lokodo was admitted to a university hospital with breathing difficulty. 

"When a rapid test was conducted, it turned positive," she said.

Earlier on January 27, he had had a nose bleed at night but insisted on attending the human rights review despite pleas for him to see a doctor.

Fr. Lokodo died at the age of 64 in the Swiss capital Geneva on Saturday, January 29 where he had gone to present Uganda’s universal periodic review process.