Next Media Group Chief Executive Officer Kin Ibrahim Kaliisa is mourning the death of his elder brother and employee Dr. Anas Abdu Noor Kaliisa.
Dr. Anas Kaliisa died on Wednesday evening. His cause of death is still unknown.
Posting on his Twitter page, Kin Kaliisa eulogized his elder brother who he said was more than just a brother.
“It is with great pain that I share with you that my elder brother, and Chairman of Sanlam Charity Foundation, Dr. A. A. Kaliisa, has died this evening,” Kin posted.
“Dr. Kaliisa has been more than just my brother. He raised me and has been a father figure to me. May God rest his soul in eternal peace,” he added.
Due to the difference in age, many Ugandans had mistaken Dr. Anas as Kin Kaliisa’s father.
But Kin’s father Hajji Kaliisa died in 1978 when Kin was just two years old.
With the death of Dr. Anas Kaliisa, Kin not only loses an elder brother but a father figure and mentor.
About Dr Kaliisa
Sheikh Anas Kaliisa, a renowned Muslim scholar and senior political analyst on NBS Television was the main panelist on the weekly talk show Ensi N’ebyaayo.
Dr Kaliisa, the former Director of the Institute of Research and Training was a political analyst on Middle East affairs, and one of the 21 founders and the Managing Director House of Zakat and Waqf Uganda.
He was also the Secretary of the Eminent Council of Sheikhs of Uganda and Chairman Muslim Jurists Uganda.
Sheikh Kaliisa was well-grounded in Islamic theology, law, history and customs and sits on the apex body of world Muslim scholars.
Dr. Kaliisa was the elder brother to Next Media service owner Kin Kaliisa.