• Latest
Charles Muhangi Laid to Rest, Tycoons Vow to Safeguard His Property

Charles Muhangi Laid to Rest, Tycoons Vow to Safeguard His Property

December 10, 2018
BAT Calls for Action as Uganda Loses Shs30bn Annually in Illicit Cigarette Trade

BAT Calls for Action as Uganda Loses Shs30bn Annually in Illicit Cigarette Trade

June 28, 2022
Congo First Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s Remains Arrive in Kinshasa

Congo First Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s Remains Arrive in Kinshasa

June 28, 2022
Uganda Airlines Starts Search for Chief Executive Officer

Uganda Airlines Starts Search for Chief Executive Officer

June 28, 2022
Public Service PS Bitarakwate Invites UNATU for Talks on Teachers’ Strike

Public Service PS Bitarakwate Invites UNATU for Talks on Teachers’ Strike

June 28, 2022
Police Arrest 12 Members of Extortion Ring Threatening Headteachers with Burning of Schools

Police Arrest 12 Members of Extortion Ring Threatening Headteachers with Burning of Schools

June 28, 2022
Juliana Kanyomozi Sets August 19 for ‘Juliana Live at Serena’ Concert

Juliana Kanyomozi Sets August 19 for ‘Juliana Live at Serena’ Concert

June 28, 2022
Minister Ecweru: The Man Who Slapped Me is Mad

Minister Ecweru: The Man Who Slapped Me is Mad

June 28, 2022
Bobi Wine: Suspended Makerere Students Vying for Guild Presidency on NUP Ticket

Bobi Wine: Suspended Makerere Students Vying for Guild Presidency on NUP Ticket

June 28, 2022
NRM SG Todwong, Cuban Foreign Minister Pledge Stronger Relations

NRM SG Todwong, Cuban Foreign Minister Pledge Stronger Relations

June 28, 2022
Man Walks to the Altar, Receives Blessings, Gets up and Slaps Minister Ecweru

Man Walks to the Altar, Receives Blessings, Gets up and Slaps Minister Ecweru

June 27, 2022
ICC at 20: Five Things You Should Know about International Criminal Court

ICC at 20: Five Things You Should Know about International Criminal Court

June 27, 2022
Makerere University Scraps 18 Courses

Makerere Student Calvin Mwesigwa Suspended for Indiscipline

June 27, 2022
SoftPower News
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
SoftPower News
No Result
View All Result

Charles Muhangi Laid to Rest, Tycoons Vow to Safeguard His Property

by Joshua Nahamya
December 10, 2018
Charles Muhangi Laid to Rest, Tycoons Vow to Safeguard His Property

The clergy lead the last segment of the funeral service before Charles Muhangi's body was laid to rest.

  • Facebook
  • Tweet
  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Email

Business tycoons headed by Hajj Hassan Basajjabalaba have vowed to protect the property belonging to ex-motor sport champion and businessman, Charles Muhangi who died on Thursday last week.

Muhangi was discovered dead on Thursday morning by his family members at his home in Buziga in Kampala and was laid to rest on Sunday. The body of the business mogul was buried at his country home in Bumbaire II village, Bumbaire sub-county in Bushenyi district. He died at the age of 61.

A postmoterm carried out by a team of pathologists including the Police director of medical services, Moses Byaruhanga and a family doctor, indicated that Muhangi suffered a heart attack.

Born on September 20, 1957 to Late Alfunsi Rwomunkore and Ms Komuzire in Bumbaire.

At the time of his demise, Muhangi had triumphed in a court case of 2005 in which he was battling two business men whom he accused of grabbing his land at Qualicel Bus Terminal in downtown Kampala.

Bushenyi born tycoon, Hajj Hassan Basajjabalaba eulogized Muhangi as a brave, hardworking and ambitious person. Basajjabalaba pledged to support the family to retain the property Muhangi had secured.

“I want us to use more power than what Muhangi was using to protect his property. I don’t want anyone to fear that there are soldiers,” Basajjabalaba told mourners during the burial ceremony.

“We shall not allow grabbing of his property. I have fought even tougher challenges. Whoever thinks that Muhangi has died they will take his property, forget it,” the proprietor of Kampala International University (KIU) said.

He said the property belongs to the deceased’s children not grabbers.

Similary Hajj Abdul Kiyimba, the Nsangi sub-county Chairman said that those who intend to steal do not stand any chance.

“The people we are fighting with under look us. They have money and Muhangi was poor but we will only use the mind to protect his property. So, Dr Rugunda take caution of this issue as we have presented it to you,” Hajj Kiyimba said.

“The President earlier met the two parties in the Qualicel bus terminal dispute. He said those people had built on someone’s land. The President asked Muhangi if he would accept payment for the property to which agreed. However, the other parties were not willing to pay”.

The deceased’s wife, Patience Muhangi also asked government to protect the deceased’s property for his children.

“Muhangi was working for his children when most of us were all asleep. For anybody to emerge now that he [Muhangi] is lying in a coffin, to say he is the owner of my husband’s property would be deception,” the widow said.

In his speech, Uganda’s Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda described Muhangi as a loving Ugandan, hardworking entrepreneur who had a strong desire to develop Uganda.

“Muhangi never developed alone but would pull many to develop Uganda,” the Prime Minister said.

Muhangi’s mother, Angella Rwankoore, 80, hailed her son for being ambitious and adventurous right from childhood. She told mourners that Muhangi studied up to Senior Three but started driving at the age of 10 before he could even acquire a driving license.

She said beyond the other attributes of hard work and being a God fearing person, Muhangi loved driving more than anything on earth which perhaps explains how the sports enthusiast managed to win several motor rally trophies.

Muhangi was the bread winner for the entire family of late Alfunsi Rwomunkore who was killed during Amin’s regime.

“When his father was kidnapped and killed by Amin’s soldiers, he took over paternal responsibilities for his siblings,” said Komuzire as she paid tribute to her departed son.

The Bishop of West Ankole Diocese, Rt. Rev Johnson Twinomujuni challenged Muhangi’s children to emulate his gallantry and heroism.

Post Views: 2,174
  • Facebook
  • Tweet
  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Email
Tags: Charles MuhangiHassan BasajjabalabaNewspropertyQualicel bus terminalSoft Power NewsUganda
Leave Comment

Recent Stories

BAT Calls for Action as Uganda Loses Shs30bn Annually in Illicit Cigarette Trade

Congo First Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s Remains Arrive in Kinshasa

Uganda Airlines Starts Search for Chief Executive Officer

Public Service PS Bitarakwate Invites UNATU for Talks on Teachers’ Strike

Police Arrest 12 Members of Extortion Ring Threatening Headteachers with Burning of Schools

Juliana Kanyomozi Sets August 19 for ‘Juliana Live at Serena’ Concert

SoftPower News

SoftPower News is a subsidiary of SoftPower Communications LLC, a Ugandan digital media group. Keep posted of the latest from Uganda and East Africa.
Plot 4B Malcolm X, Kololo
P.O Box 1497, Kampala - Uganda
Tel: +256-392-001-701
Email: info@softpower.ug

This news site is licenced by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Regional
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More

© SoftPower News

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women

© SoftPower News

error: Content is protected

Send this to a friend