Kabaka Mutebi: The Late Rhoda Kalema Was Instrumental in the Restoration of the Buganda Kingdom
Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has mourned the death of former Minister for Public Service and pioneering politician, the late Lay Canon Rhoda Nakibuuka Nsibirwa Kalema. Canon Kalema passed away at 3:27 a.m. on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, where she had been transferred for
Former Minister Rhoda Kalema Dies at 96
Rhoda Nakibuuka Nsibirwa Kalema, one of Uganda’s most influential political pioneers and affectionately remembered as the “Mother of Parliament,” has died at the age of 96. A trailblazer for women in leadership, Kalema’s political journey stretched across Uganda’s most turbulent and transformative eras. Born in May 1929 at Butikkiro, the
