Archbishop Nkoyoyo is dead
Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo, 8o, is dead. Nkoyoyo, the retired Archbishop of Church of Uganda, died at Kampala Hospital today, according to a relative.
Last year, Nkoyoyo spent time in a UK hospital battling cancer of the esophagus.
During a thanksgiving ceremony in July upon return he thanked Kabaka Ronald Mutebi and Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumisiime-Mutebile for their support while he was ill.
His treatment in the UK cost 70,000 pounds (about Shs323m) which was raised from family and friends through different fundraising drives.
At the thanksgiving, his wife, Ms Ruth Nkoyoyo, narrated the hard times that the family went through during the time her husband was bedridden, adding that they will have to return to the UK for further treatment after six months.
“They were very hard times and we are really thankful to all of you who have helped us in the hard times but all in all, we give thanks to the Lord,” she said.
Nkoyoyo was born in 1938 to Erisa Wamala Nkoyoyo and Nawume Nakintu (both deceased). His father was a sub-country chief in Busimbi Mityana during Sekabaka Edward Mutesa II’s reign. Like many chiefs of the time, Nkoyoyo's father was wealthy. Unlike many of his peers, he grew up surrounded by wealth. His father had land in Kisenyi, Kampala, Bweyogere, Mityana and in Kyaggwe Matale.
Nkoyoyo would later after retirement become a budding entrepreneur in his own right.
