Political Scientist, Prof Foster Byarugaba, is dead

Prof Foster Byarugaba who for more than two decades taught political science at Makerere University is dead.

The immediate cause of his death is still unknown but he had been down with illness for sometime.

Byarugaba taught political science alongside academics like the late Prof Akiiki Mujaju, Prof Mahmood Mamdani and Prof Ali Mazrui. At the time of his death he had retreated into private consultancy.

At a time when many political scientists at Makerere were critical of the ruling NRM, Byarugaba never hid his love for the yellow party and was a regular fixture during the party retreats and conventions.