DR. ELIZABETH MUSOKE MUBIRU July 8, 2021

Date of birth: 7th March 1961
Date of death: 2nd May 2021

Parents: Prof. Latimer Musoke (RIP) & Rebecca Musoke (RIP)

Husband: Mr. Charles Mubiru

Child: Philippa Nanjuki Mubiru(RIP)

Education
Elizabeth was educated at Nakasero Primary school from 1967 – 1973 and then went on to Gayaza High school from 1974 – 1979. She then went to Medical School at Makerere University in Kampala for one year. She was admitted to Wellesley College in Boston Massachusetts in 1981, where

she completed her Pre. Med. She worked as a research assistant for 2 years before joining Emory University, one of the best Medical Schools in the USA. She won a research award at Emory University. She completed her Medical degree in 1990 and her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1994.

Career
After residency Elizabeth moved to Baltimore MD to work at Kaiser. She practiced at several places though her longest Tenure was at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland.

Elizabeth practiced medicine briefly in Kampala when she returned to Uganda in 2013. When she returned to the USA she worked at Culpepper hospital, Virginia and Elkridge hospital, Maryland. At the time of her death she was working at Adventist Healthcare and Rehabilitation Hospital, Silver Spring, Maryland and she also volunteered at the CPC Crisis Pregnancy Centre.

Personal life
Elizabeth Mubiru was a committed Christian and was very active in Church. She always had something positive to share in order to lift someone’s spirits. One of her favorite things was to pray and to praise the Lord in every situation.

Elizabeth loved all genres’ of music, especially gospel. She loved solo performances and almost any live music. She played traditional African drums, the recorder, and piano and loved to sing. Elizabeth also liked sports, especially tennis. Since she liked to walk, it became her form of exercise.

Elizabeth was great at crossword puzzles and scrabble. From a young age she was good at story-writing.
This enabled her to write the story of her mother’s life story in the book “Queen Mother: the remarkable life story of Rebecca Zirimbuga Musoke”.

Elizabeth leaves her husband of 25 years to cherish her memory. She is survived by her beloved Aunt Damallie; siblings Harriet, Adam, Damallie, Dr. Louise, Dr. Philippa, Wilfred and Rebecca; nieces, nephews and lots of relatives. She is preceded by her parents Prof. Latimer Musoke and Rebecca Zirimbuga Musoke; siblings Henry, Patrick and Evah and daughter Philippa.