On July 11, 2024, two mechanics, Joseph Norman Abooki, aged 39, and Timothy Ddamulira, aged 15, died on the spot after a truck tyre exploded while they were attempting to fix it at a garage in Kijjabwemi, Masaka.
In Uganda, each village is mandated to have four VHT members, at least two to provide Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) of childhood illnesses.
Cissy won a Grammy Award for her traditional soul gospel album Face to Face in 1997 and again the following year for her album He Leadeth Me. She also wrote three books, including one commemorating her daughter, called Remembering Whitney: A Mother’s Story of Life, Loss, and The Night The Music Stopped.