Former Justice and Constitutional Affairs and finance minister Joash Mayanja Nkangi is dead at 85, his daughter Josephine Mayanja-Nkangi has confirmed.
She said by telephone, “My father has gone to be with the Lord, he passed on at 8:30am.”
Mayanja Nkangi, 85, has been for some time undergoing treatment for pneumonia pending transfer to India for further treatment, according to a family spokesperson.
Nkangi is a former chairperson of Uganda Land Commission (ULC).
He is also a former MP for Masaka East and founder member of both Kabaka Yekka Youth Wing and Conservative Party (CP).
