The Senior Presidential Advisor on Media and Public Relations, John Nagenda is dead.
The announcement was made by the Minister for Presidency, Milly Babalanda.
Babalanda revealed that Nagenda passed on at Medipal hospital in Kampala.
“He was unique, principled and knowledgeable. His services will be dearly missed,” she added.
Nagenda was born on April 25, 1938. He was a cricketer who played at the One Day International in the 1975 World Cup for East Africa.
He also appeared in the first-class cricket match in England in 1975, and played cricket for Uganda.
He was also a writer of fiction and poetry and is regarded as having been one of the pioneers of writing in East Africa.
John Nagenda was also a Senior Media Advisor to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.