The country has woken up to the sad news of the death of Prof. Dani Nabudere, one of Uganda’s renowned academics.<\/p>\n
Nabudere died last evening at his home in Busamaga, Sironko district.<\/p>\n
One of his sons Andrew Mudini says his father could have suffered a heart failure.<\/p>\n
Nabudere obtained the degree of Law in London in 1963 and was admitted as a barrister\u00a0\u00a0 in the same year.<\/p>\n
He was previously Associate Professor at the University of Dar es Salaam \u00a0and Visiting Professor at the University of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
Professor Nabudere was Minister of Justice in 1979 and Minister of Culture, Community Development and Rehabilitation between 1979 in the UNLF Interim Government.<\/p>\n
He was President of the African Association of Political Science from 1983 \u00a0to 1985\u00a0 and Vice-President of the International Science Association (IPSA) from 1985 to 1988.<\/p>\n
He was outspoken on issues of poverty especially concerning peasants and was also very critical of the government.<\/p>\n
Prof. Nabudere becomes the second member of the Gang of four to pass on after the Late Omwony Ojok, leaving Yash Tandon and Edward Rugumayo as the surviving members.<\/p>\n
The gang of four led deliberations on\u00a0 how Uganda should be ruled following the over throw of the Late President Amin Dada.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Story by Ben Jumbe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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