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Winnie Byanyima’s father and M7’s foster father Mzee Boniface Byanyima,97 passes on

William Kasoba by William Kasoba
May 16, 2017
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Mzee Boniface Byanyima,  father to Dr Kizza Besigye’s wife Winnie Byanyima has passed on at Nakasero Hospital where he had been receiving treatment.

Mzee Boniface is not only a father-in-law of leading opposition figure Dr Kizza Besigye but he was a guardian to President Yoweri Museveni during his early years. It is said that President Museveni grew up Byanyima homestead in Ruti village along Kabale Road.

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Mr Byanyima did not only give Museveni shelter but also paid his school fees. However, when Museveni became a president they had a fall out with Mr Byanyima as he claimed government grabbed his ranches in Kiruhura district but never compensated him.

He passed on at the age of 97.

 

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