Departed UPDF General, Elly Tumwine will be laid to rest on Tuesday next week.
The battle hardened NRA combatant succumbed to lung cancer on Thursday in Nairobi at Aga Khan hospital.
His body was returned to the country on Friday evening and taken to a funeral home at Bombo Military hospital.
The UPDF has since released a statement detailing Tumwine’s burial program.
“Following the safe return of the body of the Late Gen Elly Tumwine from Nairobi on Friday 26th August 2022, the Ministry of Defence and UPDF, together with the family of the deceased have harmonised the funeral programme as indicated here below,” said UPDF publicist Brig Felix Kulayigye.
Sunday 28th August 2022 – Official Vigil at the Residence of the deceased in Nakasero, Kampala starting at 4:00 pm.
Monday 29th August 2022 – Requiem Service at Kololo Independence Grounds, starting at 10:00 am. Thereafter the body will be transported to the ancestral home in Mukuru, Rwemikoma Sub county, – Kazo District.
Tuesday 30th August 2022 – Requiem Service at the deceased’s country home in Mukuru Rwemikoma, Kazo District and thereafter burial at the same place.
“There will be invitations for some categories of mourners for the requiem service at Kololo. Those to be invited will be contacted by the Directorate of Protocol and will be required to undergo COVID 19 tests at Kololo Independence Grounds on Sunday 28th August 2022,” he added.
The rest of the mourners willing to join the requiem service at Kololo are equally welcome and will be duly guided by Protocol on the sitting arrangement, in view of the prevailing situation of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Mourners at all the venues indicated above are reminded to strictly adhere to the Standard Operating Procedures for prevention of the spread of COVID 19.