Maj Akorimo Kanuti, 89, the man who lowered the Union Jack and elevated the Ugandan Flag on Oct 9th, 1962 Independence Day in has died today in Atutur Hospital in Kumi District.
Dr Isaac Omare, of Atutur Hospital, says that Maj. Akorimo succumbed to respiratory pneumonia caused by a stroke he suffered in August 2019.
“He was admitted last Friday with difficulty in breathing, unconscious and all that. We put him on oxygen but his condition deteriorated until he passed on this morning”, Dr. Omare said.
He attended a commercial course in Nairobi, Kenya, and later trained in a short service commission in Britain, where he returned as a senior officer in the army.
Maj. Akorimo has also served as the chairperson of the Kumi Association of Ex-servicemen.
Akorimo served the British government for more than 20 years and retired as a major in 1968 at the age of 37.
In 2014, Akorimo rejected a house President Museveni promised him in 2009 on grounds that he didn’t have much time left to live.
