The Kanungu District Health Officer, Dr. Stephen Ssebudde has succumbed to Covid-19.
The Kanungu Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Gad Ahimbisibwe Rugaaju, told our reporter that Ssebudde breathed his last at around 09:00 PM at Entebbe Grade B hospital where he spent a week in admission.
Kanungu Resident District Commissioner, Hajji Shafiq Ssekandi who also heads the District COVID-19 task force says that Ssebudde’s death is a big blow to the district health department as he has been working selflessly to ensure that all people in the community receive equal health services.
Martin Kafanta Atukwase, the former Kanungu District Youth Chairperson, says Ssebudde’s death should send a strong message to the public about the need for extra vigilance and the need to implement COVID-19 preventive measures because the disease has the capacity to get to anyone.
This is the first District Health Officer in Uganda to succumb to the virus, which has claimed at least 15 prominent figures in the last four days.
Some of the victims include Manzi Tumubweine, the former State Minister for Privatization, Patrick Besigye Keihwa, the former Kabale District LC5 Chairman, Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Samuel Bamuzibire, the Kampala Metropolitan 999 Patrol commander and former Judiciary Permanent Secretary, Kagole Kivumbi among others.
