{UAH} Kasango to be buried in Fort Portal, court orders

Folks;

The burial saga of the late lawyer, Robert Kasango, has come to an end. And I fully support the court's ruling that Kasango be buried in Fort Portal, and not Tororo.

On the understanding that his father was a Japadhola, I had argued that Kasango's body  be returned to his ancentral home in Tororo. Turns out, his father was from Busoga. In African culture, our line of ancentry is traced through our fathers, not mothers. Therefore, Kasango could not culturally be considered a Japadhola, as it's hjs mother who is from Padhola. Robert was okewo, a nephew to Jopadhola.

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Kasango to be buried in Fort Portal, court orders

FRIDAY MARCH 26 2021

    

This photo taken on March 2, 2021 at All Saints Cathedral, Kampala show relatives of deceased lawyer Robert Aldridge Kasango, aka Bob, loading his body on a waiting truck to be taken to Tororo District for burial. They were later intercepted by security and returned to Kampala. PHOTOS/ RACHEL MABALA

Summary

• During the hearing on Tuesday, Ms Bitarabeho told court that the couple acquired land in Fort Portal and it was her husband's wish to be buried there upon his death.
• In her ruling on Friday, the presiding judge Lydia Mugambe said she was satisfied that Kasango did not have attachment to Tororo.

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By Anthony Wesaka

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The Family Court in Kampala has ruled that the remains of lawyer Robert Aldridge Kasango alias Bob, be buried within four days in Fort Portal District in western Uganda and not Tororo District.

According to the presiding judge, Lydia Mugambe, the deceased lawyer did not have attachment to the Tororo relatives.

It was also court's finding that Kasango's father was a Musoga by tribe; a one Richard Livingstone Kasimo who migrated to Bulemezi in Buganda where he was buried and not a Japadhola, the late Bonventure Okumu as earlier claimed.

It is against this background that the judge questioned the motive of Kasango's mother to bury the remains of her son in Tororo which is not his patriarchal burial grounds.

"If the deceased's mother is believed, in the patriarchal context of culture, then the deceased (Kasango), should be buried in Busoga or Bulemezi where his patriarchal ancestors originated or migrated to and were buried," the judge observed.

This follows a petition by the late lawyer's wife Nice Kasango Bitarabeho and children, who sought powers to have Kasango buried in Gweri Village, Fort Portal City contrary to Kasango's mother's wishes to have him laid to rest at his ancestral home in Tororo District.