Aronda''s body at Parliament: In pictures

On Thursday, the body of fallen internal affairs minister Gen. Aronda Nyakairima was taken to Parliament for MPs to pay their respects to a man who represented the UPDF in the House.

New Vision photographers Maria Wamala and Kennedy Oryema were there and captured the emotional moments . . .


 

 

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A funeral van carrying the casket of Gen. Aronda's body eases into Parliament  on a hot Thursday morning

 

 

 

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Black arm-bands were worn by the army officers who received the body. Flags flew at half-mast in mourning of the general's death

 

 

 

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The casket was draped with the Ugandan national flag. Gen. Aronda has been described, among other things, as a "gallant son of the land"

 

 

 

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The coffin was carefully lifted out of the funeral van



 

 

 

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Gen. Aronda Nyakairima died at the age of 56 last Saturday on his way back to Uganda from a South Korean trip

 

 

 

 

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The internal affairs minister took over that office in 2013 after serving for 10 years as the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF)

 

 

 

 

Others have described the longest-serving army commander as a "true patriot"

 

 

 

 

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Government officials, including Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda and the Speaker of Parliament received the body of the fallen minister at Parliament

 

 

 

 

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Ugandan Vice President Edward Ssekandi (left) and Speaker Kadaga signed condolence books at Parlaiment

 

 

 

 

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A somber mood enveloped Parliament as the remains of the UPDF representative in Parliament was brought in. Pictured here is the grieving family of the late general

 

 

 

 

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The general died of an acute heart failure due to extensive and irreversible blockade of the heart blood vessels, according to a post-mortem report

 

 

  Rest in peace General