Maj Zizinga will be buried with military honours - Army
Monday January 25 2021
Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is mourning one of the National Resistance Army (NRA) historicals, Maj Oliver Zizinga who died January 23, 2021 in Kampala. PHOTOS/ COURTESY.
Summary
The story of how and why Maj Zizinga, 85, joined the guerrilla war that brought President Museveni to power in 1986 is linked to Uganda’s troubled political history and insecurity.
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Maj Oliver Zizinga, the National Resistance Army fighter in the five-year Luweero guerilla war, will be buried on Wednesday with military honours.
Army spokesperson Flavia Byekwaso told Daily Monitor yesterday that a funeral service will be held today at St Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe.