The Senior presidential advisor on media affairs John Nagenda died at the age of 85 after health complications related to old age.
The minister for Presidency Milly Babalanda made the announcement through her Twitter account Saturday.
“I regret to announce the passing on of senior presidential advisor on media matters, Mzee John Nagenda, who has passed on at Medipal in Kampala. He was unique, principled and knowledgeable. His services will be dearly missed,” announced Babalanda.
Nagenda was a cricket player and has been described by many as a witty writer who has been a dedicated columnist in the New Vision newspaper.
Role in the bush war
During the bush war of 1981-86, he was in exile in the United Kingdom and was a collaborator of the National Resistance Movement/Army led by Yoweri Museveni.
In a daring mission, Mutebi who flew with Nagenda from London, through Nairobi to Kigali, was driven to the Uganda-Rwanda border, where he travelled by road to Kabale. In Kabale, rebel commander Museveni personally received them and took them to Luwero where Mutebi spent two weeks, meeting the fighters and ordinary people.
Nagenda was born in April 1938 in Rwanda where his parents were working as missionaries.
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