Kayunga leaders and residents are mourning Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Hajji Nsereko Mutumba who passed on at Rubaga Hospital in Kampala on the night of August 2.  

There was a somber mood at the district headquarters on August 3, where the deceased had held several meetings with political leaders and civil servants after he returned from a one-week RDCs’retreat, which ended on Sunday. 

Kayunga LC5 chairperson, Andrew Muwonge described the deceased as a good leader, who had started uniting political and religious leaders in the district.  

“We had several meetings with him yesterday and among them was the NAADS one, which was preparing for the commissioning of the pineapple juice processing at Busaale in Kayunga sub-county,” Muwonge said. 

Hajji Nsereko Mutumba in his office

He said the deceased looked to be in a good health during the meeting.  

“We completed the last meeting at about 4:00 pm after which he left for Kayunga central market where he was slated to meet women vendors,” he added.  

Muwonge revealed that, Mutumba had started mediation programmes of uniting political leaders in the district so that they put aside their political differences and work together for the development of the district.  

“He was interested in seeing unity of political leaders and we are really going to miss him because, by the time of his death, he had not accomplished this dream,” he said.  

Muwonge explained that Mutumba was a humble person who respected every person he meets without considering age, religion, or political affiliation. 

Greater Mukono region Khadi Sheikh Abdul Noor Kakande described Mutumba as an open-minded person, saying his death was a great loss to the district and the country at large.  

“He was open to everything he did and he visited us and promised to unite the two Muslim factions of Kibuli and Old Kampala in the district,” Kakande, who subscribes to the Kibuli Muslim faction, said. 

He added that the short period he had worked in Kayunga, he had shown signs of a good leader by advocating for unity for both political and religious leaders.  

John Male, a resident of Bubajwe village in Kayunga sub-county, said Mutumba’s death was a big blow to the district because he had not yet fulfilled the good plans he had for the district.  

“He monitored government programmes very well, especially the Emyooga and the Parish Development Model to ensure that the common people benefit from them,” Male said. 

Nsereko Mutumba who was also the former spokesperson of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, had worked in Kayunga district for five months, which was his first deployment as the Resident District Commissioner.