His body was flown into the country aboard a Kenyan Airways plane. The plane carrying the casket touched down at 7:30 pm.
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Funeral services staff load the casket in a vehicle
Relatives
and friends on Tuesday turned up at Entebbe International Airport to receive
the body of Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the Bank of Uganda Governor. Mutebile,
aged 72, died on Sunday morning in Nairobi Hospital.
His body was flown into the country aboard a Kenyan Airways plane. The plane
carrying the casket touched down at 7:30 pm. Onboard were the widow Betty Kakyo Mutebile and other relatives.
The body was
received by Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister for ICT and National Guidance, former
Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Jacqueline Mbabazi the wife of former
Premier Amama Mbabazi, and Tumubweine Twinemanzi, the Executive Director Supervision Directorate
at Bank of Uganda.
Mutebile will
be laid to rest on Sunday at his ancestral home in Omuruhita, Kabale Municipality.
Here are the pictures from Entebbe International Airport.
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