Uganda’s High Commissioner to Kenya and Seychelles, Dr Hassan Galiwango, has died.
A statement released by ambassador Charles Ssentongo on behalf of the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning announced the death of Mr. Hassan Wasswa Galiwango having died Monday, January 16, 2023, 7:30am at Nairobi Hospital where he had been admitted.
“The late was the permanent representative to the United Nations Environment Programme and the UN HABITAT” The Mr. Ssentongo’s statement read in part. Wasswa Galiwango was a husband to Mbale City Woman Member of Parliament, Ms Connie Nakayenze Galiwango.
President Museveni appointed Galiwango as the high commissioner to Kenya in October 2020.
Mr Galiwango was also the former long-serving director of finance and administration at the NRM secretariat at the time before his ambassadorial appointment. Ms Medina Naham, the NRM party chairperson of Koboko District, replaced him at the secretariat.
The cause of his death is yet to be communicated by the government.
Tributes have been flowing on various social media platforms about the Ambassador whom many have described as a great supportive person.