Christians and other Ugandans were utterly shocked by the sudden demise of the Archbishop of the Kampala Archdiocese, Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga who was found dead in his house.

Born in January 1953, Dr Lwanga was 68 years. He was appointed as Archbishop of Kampala on August 19, 2006.

The post mortem results have indicated that he died of a heart attack.

Alot of controversies have come up since the man of God breathed his last. Here are 25 other things you need to know about the late Archbishop;

1. The Archbishop had so much trust in his driver Jimmy and his personal assistant, Ssekamatte after his Anglican church confidants allegedly started spying on him instead.

2. The Archbishop had survived several attempts to murder him.

3. In 2017, unidentified people poisoned his passion fruit juice at Rubaga, but a nun took it before him and she died instantly.

4. On another attempt, another unidentified found his way to the Archbishop’s kitchen and poisoned his food. Fortunately as the executioner was noticed by the chief chef as he was making his way out. All the food was given to the pigs, and whichever pig ate of the food died.

5. Since then, the Archbishop has been dining together with all his workers on the same table.

6. He always made private calls at night.

7. He spoke to his relatives in Kyabakadde the night before his death. They had lost a relative there.

8. His extended family has a WhatsApp group where they would address their issues and he would actively contribute.

9. He was outspoken and straight forward.

10. On the 24 August 2017, he openly Express his dissatisfaction with the age limit bill that was passed.

11. He had issues with head teachers of Catholic schools who are not catholic Fathers. He made an effort to reset the trend.

12. He was angry with catholic Fathers who amassed riches in the name of the Catholic church and didn’t want to give back to the Church.

13. The Archbishop once was so bitter with the government for closing Radio Sapienta after violent protests resulting from an incident in which the Kabaka of Buganda was barred from visiting Bugerere. He demanded that the station be opened immediately.

14. He notably asked that the presidential elections that were carried out on 14 Jan 2021 should have been postponed for three years to avoid violence which was so eminent at the moment.

15. Before he died, he had organised to meet the speaker in mass to pray for favor upon her in her Speakership contest.

16. Before he died, he was to swear in 8 papal guards for the during the Easter mass. The act since his death was put on hold since it can only be done by the Archbishop.

17. He was good at preacher of the gospel, and also a smart money maker.

18. He had shares in Centenary Bank.

19. He had shares in Roko construction company. Roko has been awarded many contracts to build Catholic Churches.

20. He had an Organisation known as Twekembe which gives help to women who are in need.

21. He founded the Bishop Cyprian SS school in Kyabakadde.

22. He had a farm of cattle in Kyabakadde.

23. He owned acres of land with Pine and eucalyptus trees.

24. He extended electrification from Kalagi to his home village in Kyabakadde ( a distance of about 3 miles).

25. He could speak English, Luganda, Italian, French and Runyankore.

By Hope Kalamira