Namirembe bids farewell to much-loved Ssekadde

For Saint Paul Cathedral Namirembe churchgoers, who had kept close contact with Samuel Balagadde Mikisesangwa Ssekadde 15 years after he retired as their bishop, the man of God, who was born on January 31, 1944, appeared to be still strong. Still agile. Death was the last thing they expected. If anything, Allen Ssekadde, the wife of the fourth bishop of the largest and oldest diocese in Uganda’s Anglican Community, attracted more worrisome glances. Yet she will bury her husband on October 17.

Ssekadde has been hailed as a bold and vocal prelate who never shied away from a fight. This…