RIP!! Former Vice President Ssekandi’s Son Dies In Pain At Lubaga Hospital – Dark Secrets Emerge

Former Vice President, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has lost one of his eldest sons. Ssekandi took to social media to announce the demise of Alex Kayanja Ssekandi.

“Alex passed away yesterday from Lubaga Hospital where he had been admitted for the past two weeks. It is really a difficult time for me and my family. Rest in peace my beloved son,I can’t believe you no more,” Ssekandi said in a brief tweet.

The former VP however didn’t give details about the deceased.Following the announcement, a number of Ugandans have sent condolence messages to the former Vice President.

“I send my sincere sympathies and that of the Parliament of Uganda to the family of our elder and leader, the former Speaker of Parliament and former VP H.E. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi upon the loss of his son Alex Kayanja Sekandi. Your Parliament family stands with you in this trying moment and we pray that the Lord holds you together and grants Alex’s soul eternal rest,” Speaker of Parliament said in a tweet.

Ssekandi served as Vice President for 10 years between 2011 and 2021 when he was dropped by President Museveni and appointed a presidential advisor.From 1973 until 1978, he served as a lecturer at the Uganda Law Development Centre. Between 1978 and 1979, he served as the acting director of the Law Development Centre.

He was the lead counsel on the Commission of Inquiry into Violations of Human Rights, between 1986 and 1993. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Assembly, which drafted the 1995 Ugandan constitution, from 1994 until 1995.In 1996, Edward Ssekandi was elected to the Ugandan Parliament to represent Bukoto County Central, located in Masaka District. He was re-elected from that constituency in 2001, 2006 and 2011.

He served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 1996 to 2001. He was elected as Speaker in 2001, a position he held until 2011. He was replaced as Speaker by Rebecca Kadaga, the first female Speaker of Parliament in Uganda’s history, on 19 May 2011.However, little is known about his deceased son.