The former Presidential press secretary Hope Kivengere has Tuesday breathed her last at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala.
The current press secretary Lindah Nabusayi announced the sad news through her Twitter Page.
Kivengere served as Museveni’s spokesperson for 15 years from 1986 t0 2001.
“Longest serving Press Secretary (1986-2001) Ms. Hope Kivengere has passed on from Nakasero Hospital. She always checked in on the Press whenever she was back home. We have lost a great civil servant. RIP Hope Kivengere,” tweeted Ms Nabusayi.
Kivengere worked as Uganda’s representative on the COMESA Committee of Elders, a nine-member committee with representatives from nine COMESA member countries.
Between 2016 and 2017, she worked with Intergovernmental Authority on Development. Previously, she worked with AU peacekeeping missions in Sudan and in Somalia.
In 2018, she was selected by COMESA to head its team to observe Egypt’s presidential elections which president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi won to retain his seat.
