Angume to be laid to rest tomorrow

By Isaac Baligema                              

Singer Martin Angume will be laid to rest tomorrow at Kitwe, Kayunga District at 2.00pm. Angume succumbed to multiple organ failure after being hospitalised at Mulago for one month.

Shortly before he breathed his last he called for his wife and said:" It hurts me so much that I am going to leave you because you have been by my side during happy and sad times..."

Relatives and even medical staff at Mulago mourned Angume

Julie Ssemugga has been by Angume's bed side since he was admitted to hospital and has always been his source of strength to fight on for dear life. She fainted soon after Angume was pronounced dead.

A vigil was held for Angume last night at National Theater with people from all walks of life, including celebrities, businessmen and politicians paying their last respects to the star.

Even the expansive parking yard at the National Theatre was not enough for hundres of mourners that turned up to pay theirs respect to the fallen star.

Angume's fans and friends received news of his death with shock

“He was a true musician who loved what he did and very charming at all times; we shall forever remember him,” said Eagles' Productions Mesach Semakula, one of the artistes who stood by him during his time of illness and a personal friend to the deceased.

Angume's death followed shortly that of celebrated disc spinner Moses Nsereko aka DJ Momo who succumbed to gallbladder complications in India where he had gone for an operation last Friday.