Tooro eulogises Kayihura's mother

STOP TRIBALISM  I LOVING MOTHER

Mourners gathered in Fort Portal City on Saturday to pay their final respect to Catherine Mukarwamo Tibemenya, the mother of the former Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura.

Mukarwamo, 92, died on Thursday at Virika Hospital in Fort Portal after battling pneumonia for several days.

In their eulogies, mourners described Mukarwano as tolerant, incorruptible, exemplary, principled, a human right activist, a devoted Christian who was loyal to Tooro Kingdom.

The Fort Portal City Mayor, the Rev. Kintu Willy Muhanga, described the deceased as tolerant and respectful to all people irrespective of their political differences.

"Mukarwamo has been a very devoted Christian who loved people and was very respectful. The people should emulate her legacy," Muhanga said.

Gen. Kayihura said that her mother was a principled lady who ensured that all her children attained education and served their country.

"Today we are sending off a mother who loved her country and she was one of the liberators. She was a loving mother," said Kayihura.

He also praised her mother for sticking to the truth, fighting for the rule of law and helping the current government to make inroads in Greater Masaka region at time when there was a lot of intimidation.

Kayihura said they will miss her for the parental love towards the family. He also said that she died a proud mother after educating all her children in good schools.

He asked the Christians to emulate the good deeds of Mukarwamo and love each other. He said that his mother was pro-people, God-fearing and lived a purposeful life.

The Omukama of Tooro Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru represented by the former kingdom prime minister, Stephen Kaliba, thanked God for the life of Mukarwamo and for her contribution to the kingdom during her earlier years.

"As a kingdom, we are proud of her life. She loved the people of Tooro and we shall miss her. Above all she has been an elder who has been giving us advice," Oyo said in his eulogy.

Oyo warned the people of Tooro against tribal segregation and asked them to leave in peace and work towards achieving development.

"Tooro accommodates several people of different tribes and they are all people of Tooro. I am, therefore, asking a section of some people to stop dividing the people basing on their culture and tribe," Oyo noted.