Specioza's 'husband' Eng. Charles Kazibwe dead

KAMPALA - Eng. Charles Kazibwe, the estranged husband to former Ugandan vice president Specioza Wandira Kazibwe, has died, a close family source says.

Until the time of his death, Kazibwe had been lying critically ill for some time at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala.

The family contact intimated that the fallen engineer breathed his last at around 1.00 am local time (EAT) early Monday morning.

Early last month, he was rushed from his Kayebe-Gayaza residence to the same health facility after complaining of a stomach ache, and admitted in Gonzaga ward.

According to a doctor at the hospital, he was then put on oxygen after encountering problems breathing on his own. Due to his critical state at the time, he could not ingest food stuffs, and only managed to survive on water.

Medics had said that complications in the intestines had caused the severe stomach ache.

“His intestines are weak and cannot digest food, causing the stomach to swell, thus the pain,” Dr. Monica Asaba had said.

Early last year, Kazibwe was admitted at the same hospital with severe malaria.

His marriage with Dr. Specioza suffered rocky times, with alleged domestic violence. It was reported that Eng. Kazibwe had routinely battered his wife of 28 years, philandered, and fathered two children by another woman.

In April 2002, Dr. Kazibwe filed for divorce from her husband, saying that she refused to be the victim of continued domestic violence.

But the engineer opposed the idea of partying ways, citing his Catholic faith, and saying that his wife had come home late without giving a proper explanation, and had joined with some other politicians he did not like.

With such opposition, the divorce move therefore got increasingly messy, which somewhat impacted on Dr. Spe’s political obligations.

When he was hospitalized in early 2012, Eng. Kazibwe told Bukedde, a sister paper to New Vision, that he had suffered general body weakness for about two months before falling in his bathroom at his home.

After the fall, he suffered severe malaria, prompting his admission to hospital.