Date of Birth: 23rd November 1937
Date of Death: 4th September 2024
Parents: Iskaali Wakubona and Jemimah Kimono
Wife: Abiath Walimbwa
Children: (5 children are deceased and 11 Children living)
- Sarah Nabwire
- Hannah Wolayo
- Rebecca Bisikwa
- Peter Wakubona
- Doreen Jemima Kimono
- Elizabeth Neumbe
- John Nastami
- Harriet Nabifo
- Benjamin Mukhowe
- Shem Mathew Matokota
- Emanuel Wanambwa
Career Background
In 1965 1st appointed as Curate St. Andrew Cathedral Mbale
Assigned Hospital and Parish Chaplain
- Year 1966 Vicar Bombo Parish (4 months) and then Curate Holy Trinity Nabumali
- Year 1967-69 Vicar Bulagai Parish
- Year 1970-71 Vicar Butiru parish
- Year 1972-75 Vicar Mafudu Parish
- Year 1975- Appointed Chaplain Uganda Government Armed Forces
- Year 1976 Appointed Chaplain Bubulo Girls High School
- 1978 Appointed Chaplain Ntundo Primary Teachers College
Home and Family Coordinator (Mother’s Union)
- Year 1971 Appointed Diocesan Centenary Celebrity
- Coordinator (100 years since Christianity came in Uganda)
- 1978 Appointed Acting Diocesan Treasurer Mbale Diocese (Bishop Wasikye)
- 1979 Appointed Acting Diocesan Secretary Mbale Diocese (Bishop Gunahasa)
- 1980-85 Vicar Holy Trinity Nabumali
- 1980-85 Chaplain Nabumali High School
- 1980-85 Chairperson Vocational Institute of blind Nabumali by BP Wesonga
- 1986 Var St. Paul Church Balucheke Parish
- 1987 Member Board of Governor Bulucheke SS
- 1989-91 appointed first Archdeacon Bulucheke Archdeaconry by Bp. Wesonga
- 1990-92 Chairperson Bukigai Heath Centre III
- 1992-97 Warden St Andrew’s Community Centre Mbale Diocese
- 1992 Bishop’s Commissary
- 1994 Appointed Chaplain General Uganda Government Prison
- 1994 Founder and Initiator of Christian Prison Ministry of Uganda
- 2000 Archdeacon Namusi
- 2001 promoted Director Good News Jail and Prison Ministry of Uganda by Vice President
- 2001 V Harvey Fletcher of International Ministry America in Uganda Government Prison
- 2002 Appointed Chairperson Bukigai Health Centre III by Bukigai Sub County LC III Council
- 2003 retired from active church service
- 2015 retired from Prison chaplaincy or ministry
- 2015 reappointed Coordinator ex-offenders ministry Uganda
Prisons Under His Administration as Director
Mbale Male and Female, Kapchorwh, Soroti Male and Female, Morokatipe Male and Female, Kilinya Male and Female, Kilinya Remand, Kamuli, Bufulubi, Lira Male and Female, Erute, Atopi, Mutufu, Masafu and Bubulo.
Spiritual Aspect
- Accepted Jesus as his Savior and Lord on 11/7/1963 at Buwalasi Theological College
- Honored as Canon 25/4/1984
- Ordained Deacon 19/12/1964, Priested 20/12/1965.
Voluntarily and other social activities
- Cultural rites circumcision 1958
- Founder and Director Good Samaritan Evangelistic Mission Coordinator
- A member and Treasurer of the Executive committee of Mbale District Disabled and Youth Committee
- Founder and Initiator Christian Prison Ministry in Uganda under the Church Umbrella 1994
- Founder and Initiator of Manjiya Indigenous Clergy 1965
- A member of the provincial Assembly of the Church of Uganda 1978-81
- Winners of the Gibson Prize Essay at Buwalasi Theological College and accurate reading
- 1964 Entrusted a store keeper for Buwalasi College
There will be a Funeral Service at St. Andrews Cathedral, Mbale on Friday, 6th September 2024 and thereafter vigil at his ancestral home in Bududa-Bukigai.
Burial will take place in Bududa Bukigai on Saturday, 7th September 2024 starting at midday.
A life so beautifully lived deserves to be beautifully remembered.
Informed are; Relatives, Friends and In-laws.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE.
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