THE SAD DEMISE OF REV. CANON ENG ZIKUSOKA

96 views
Skip to first unread message

Bernard Wanyama

unread,
Feb 1, 2012, 8:49:08 AM2/1/12
to mwiri-...@googlegroups.com
THE SAD DEMISE OF REV. CANON ENG ZIKUSOKA

By Dr. Frank Nabwiso

When Mr. Kigenyi of Amagaza from the office of the Prime Minister
Uganda informed me of the sad demise of Rev. Canon Engineer James
Mbuzi Nyonyintono Zikusoka, I immediately recalled the photograph of
Busoga College Mwiri’s prefects in 1947 which the late advocate John
Lwanga (son of the late Esron John Lyavala Lwanga of Kidiki) showed me
over 20 years ago. The photograph showed prefects who later turned out
to be great Ugandans including the late Apolo Milton Obote (Uganda’s
leader in 1962-71 and 1980-85) and Ezekyeri Musumba Kate (head prefect
that year) who served as Jinja’s and Kampala’s Town Clerk in the
1960’s and ended up as Permanent Secretary in Uganda Central
Government. Zikusoka was in that photo and I now believe that
everybody in that photo has passed on to the next world, which
reminded me again of the mortal nature of man.

A lot will obviously be said and written in the eulogies about Rev.
Canon Engineer Zikusoka but in my humble assessment, he has been one
of the people with the longest curriculum vitae in Busoga.

After Mwiri in 1947, he embarked on the road which enabled him to
become Uganda’s most outstanding Civil Engineers. As the first African
Jinja Town Engineer, he helped, among other things, to design wide
roads in the early 1960s since he shared the same dreams like Governor
Andrew B. Cohen (1952-57) that Jinja would become the chief industrial
city in East Africa. No wonder Jinja Municipal Council decided to name
a Road after him (“Eng. Zikusoka Road). By 1969, Zikusoka had become
the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works in the Government of
Uganda.

After overthrowing Obote’s first Government, in January 1971, Idi Amin
Dada appointed Zikusoka Minister of works, but he did not survive in
that job for long because of Amin’s unstable and brutal rule.
Zikusoka, too, (like many highly trained technocrats, politicians,
academicians, religious leaders and ordinary Ugandans) fled into
exile. After the overthrow of Idi Amin, President Godfrey Lukongwa
Binaisa appointed Zikusoka as Uganda’s High Commissioner in London and
in1993-1998 Zikusoka served as Chairperson of Uganda’s Public Service
Commission under President Museveni. In short, Zikusoka served in four
Governments in high places of (Obote I, Idi Amin, Binaaisa and
Museveni).

In addition, Zikusoka can be described as one of the people who have
helped to shape Busoga’s history. Besides what, I have already said
about his contribution to the development of Jinja Municipality,
Zikusoka served as a member of Busoga College Mwiri’s Board of
Governors in the 1950s and 1960s. I also believe that he was one of
the people who persuaded President Binaisa to promise in 1979 to turn
Jinja Secondary School into a University of Science and Technology,
which idea was snatched by the NRM Government and translated into
reality in the creation of Mbarara University of Science and
Technology (MUST) in the early 1990s.
There is no doubt that Zikusoka was a strong Christian and loved God.
After the death of his first wife in a motor-accident on Jinja –Iganga
Rd, he joined Busoga Diocese and served as the first Dean of Christ
the king Cathedral at Bugembe in the late 1980s. He also helped in the
civil engineering repairs of the Cathedral and bought and installed a
big Church organ in it at his own expenses. His love for Church music
inspired the formation of the “Busoga Messengers”, a kind of Gospel
Choir of which he was the patron, with Arthur Wilson Musulube as his
choirmaster.

To sum up, Zikusoka was many things in one. He used many of his
talents in the service of God, Uganda and Busoga. He was not only an
efficient Civil Engineer, but also an able administrator, diplomat, a
Church Minister, lover of education and musician and a distinguished
Busoga elder. Many people also know that he gave all he could to his
family. It is therefore fitting for all of us to thank God for
allowing him to accomplish so much in his life.

mike kagawa

unread,
Feb 2, 2012, 2:32:47 AM2/2/12
to mwiri-...@googlegroups.com
May His Soul Rest in Eternal Peace and may the almighty God sustain his family in this most trying moment when they remember and say final goodbyes to their loved ones. Goodbye is the saddest word to say.
Dr Mike Kagawa
 
Dr Mike N. Kagawa, MBChB(MUK),MMed(MUK) Lecturer, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) P.O. Box 7072 Kampala, Uganda Tel +256 772 449 613 (Mobile) +256 414 389 011 (Home) +256 414 534 361 (Office) Fax +256 414 533 451 (AOGU Office)
From: Bernard Wanyama <bwan...@eis.co.ug>
To: mwiri-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:49 PM
Subject: [Mwiri Alumni] THE SAD DEMISE OF REV. CANON ENG ZIKUSOKA
--
MOBA Contact Number: +256 772 688064
Mwiri website: www.mwiri.sc.ug
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/groups/mwiri/
Twitter: #Mwiri100

You received this message because you are subscribed to the Mwiri Alumni mailing list.
To post to this group, send email to mwiri-...@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
mwiri-alumni+unsub...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/mwiri-alumni?hl=en


kabaaiu deogratias

unread,
Feb 2, 2012, 8:07:24 AM2/2/12
to mwiri-...@googlegroups.com, abdul...@gmail.com, akwebembe...@yahoo.co.uk, alex....@yahoo.com, andrewm...@gmail.com, owek...@yahoo.co.uk, wan...@yahoo.com, zac...@yahoo.com
Thanks for this message despite being a saddening one, Joseph Basoga's inclusive. Infact J. Basoga, has impressed me. While at Mengo.S.S., guys who re-joined the school @ A-level were regarded 'SURVIVORS'. Basoga.J. isn't a SURVIVOR of Mwiri but he's involved in MOBAs issues head-on. A no. of SURVIVORS have dissapointed me in having disregard to BCM. As for the non-survivors, especially those who joned or who came from schools like; SMACK, KCB, Namilyango College even Ntare, SHACK, MACOS etc., the situation is worse. I first experienced it at university, offcourse, Makerere University. In life or what I'd. trully call LIFE, it's worse. 
 
'Muna, Basoga, aye nze nkusiimy'eyino (sorry 4 my poor Kisoga grammar despite the 6 years I schooled @ BCM)'. As for Bernard WANAYAMA, the same applies to you.
 
Getting to such men of varlour like the Rev. Can. Eng. Yakobo (James) Mbuzi Nyonyintono Zikusoka, I just have to say, "Requestcat in pace (R.I.P.)". Together with the former hot topic of Aliker Martin, guys, p'se. let's reflect the spirit of MOBA / BUCOMPATA [as we used to call it (atleast while I was @ the SCHOOL)].
 
Mid-last year, I got scared when the then new S.1 entrants, few, infact the least, were resident in Kampala and / or had schooled from Buganda (popularly, regarded the Central Region of this country) in their primary. Cases of Martin & James (R.I.P.) would be opportunities for us to reflect about BCM.
 Such would include;
  • Year books, where the OBs. & more so, the current students, would highlight their times @ the SCHOOL.
  • MOBA members & wellwishers, more so, the concerned Basoga, would organise quarterly / need-based foras to address issues that trully make BCM, the SCHOOL (forgive me for not mentioning the jolly parties, I've heared & attended in the names of MOBA and / or BCM).
  • Recognition
foras of MOBA members & members of teaching- & non-teaching staffs of the SCHOOL.
 
Well for today, those are my ideas about BCM-Today. 
 
"There's only one school in Eastern Uganda".
 
"Day dawns BUT shadows flee."
 
KABAALU Deogratias (M- & B classes, Wako H'se., 1995-2000)

From: Bernard Wanyama <bwan...@eis.co.ug>
To: mwiri-...@googlegroups.com

joseph basoga

unread,
Apr 20, 2012, 6:22:25 AM4/20/12
to mwiri-...@googlegroups.com, abdul...@gmail.com, akwebembe...@yahoo.co.uk, alex....@yahoo.com, andrewm...@gmail.com, owek...@yahoo.co.uk, wan...@yahoo.com, zac...@yahoo.com
SPREAD THE WORD
MOBA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

Mwiri Old Boys Association (MOBA) invites all Boys to the MOBA 2012 Annual General meeting.
Date ; Saturday 21st 2012
Venue; - Hotel Africana
Time ; - 10;00am -12;00 noon

Agenda ;
1. Opening Prayer
2. Adoption of agenda
3. Apologies
4. H/M ‘s Report
5. Report from the executive
6. Confirmation of minutes and matters arising from previous AGM
7. Audited accounts
8. Appointment of Auditors
9. Election of office bearers
10. AOB as duly presented

Signed Dr D.S Muduli; Edward Gibson Nangono.
President Secretary

RSVP 077241 90 73 (Dr. Muduli); 0712 25 52 22 Edward
 






Joseph Basoga.
Communications and PR Specialist  Inter Religious Council of Uganda.
Plot 884 Centenary Road - Namirembe Hill
Tel +256 414 342 877, + 256 312 265 670/1
Mob; 0712 688064.
www.ircu.or.ug;
...........................................................................................................................................................................
Religions for peace

This e-mail and any attachments ("This Email") are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempted from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments.
Doing so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
Joseph Basoga does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorized access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any unauthorized third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Information in this e-mail or its attachments that is personal to the sender is not necessarily endorsed by Joseph Basoga.

Tusu Tusubira

unread,
Apr 20, 2012, 6:41:34 AM4/20/12
to mwiri-...@googlegroups.com
--
Tusu

"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

www.ubuntunet.net
www.kcl.co.ug
www.ieeaf.org
www.researchictafrica.net
www.fftusubira.com
328.png

kabaaiu deogratias

unread,
Apr 21, 2012, 10:52:33 AM4/21/12
to mwiri-...@googlegroups.com
Thanks for this info but my apologies for not attending MOBA's AGM. Yes, I really have a tight schedule which has also led to my failure of delivering my issues as regards to the SCHOOL. I am indeed delighted to atleast hear of MOBA convening over real serious issues. I hope that you'll brief us about the resolutions & discussions you've had today @ Hotel Africana.

Nice WKEnd. & God bless you.
KABAALU Deo.

"You're. too late for supper but too early for tomorrow's breakfast."

Kulwa Katonda n'eyigwanga lyaiffe

From: joseph basoga <joba...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, 20 April 2012, 13:22
Subject: [Mwiri Alumni] MOBA AGM TOMMOROW
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages