Bahemuka was hardworking, loving husband

By Norman Katende

The widow of former Chief examination secretary and   deputy secretary of UNEB Gaetano Bahemuka has said that she will miss the love of her husband, who was hardworking and developmental.

Eulogising him duting a requiem mass at Namilyango Catholic Parish Church on Wednesday, Mary Louise Bahemuka told mourners her husband was a hustler, who wanted  to work and also serve the nation.

State minister for primary education Chrysostom Muyingo  looks on as  Mary Louise Bahemuka  pays her respects to her husband. This was after the requiem mass of the late Gaetano Bahemuka. The former educationist succumbed to  internal complications and cancer on Monday. He was laid to rest  November 18, 2015. By Norman Katende

“He was posted to Gulu and the temperatures were so hot that he asked to be transferred,” said Mary Louise, as  she gave the history of her husband, who once was also a police instructor.

“He was a family man. He loved his family and we will greatly miss him,” she said of  Bahemuka, who succumbed to  number of internal complications and cancer on Monday. He was laid to rest on Wednesday.

Relatives comfort each other after the requiem  mass for the late Gaetano Bahemuka. The former educationist succumbed to internal complications and cancer on Monday. He was laid to rest  November 18, 2015. By Norman Katende

Bahemuka served as chief Examination Secretary in the education ministry (1972-1980) and Deputy Secretary of UNEB in charge of the primary section (1980-1986).

He also served as the acting principal of the national college of business studies, Nakawa and a liaison officer of Mbarara University of Science and Technology.

State minister for primary education Chrysostom Muyingo  speaks to Mary Louise Bahemuka as other relatives console each other. This was after the requiem  mass of the late Gaetano Bahemuka. The former educationist succumbed to  internal complications and cancer on Monday. He was laid to rest  November 18, 2015. By Norman Katende

"Bahemuka was an unusual man. He loved life and appreciated the gift of life including people who he loved without discrimination and people's talents which he passionately sought to nurture. It was also probably because he was a believer and loved God," said  Prime minister Ruhakana Rugunda in a speech read to him  by state minister for primary education Chrysostom Muyingo.

He was laid to rest at his home in Seeta.