By; Our reporter
The ex-Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons Services, Joseph Albino Adriana Etima, has been acclaimed as the “grandfather of prisons reforms”, an educationist, mentor, honest and development-focused leader.
Etima, 78, who has been a commissioner with Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), passed on at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala on Saturday evening of chronic kidney failure.
Dr Monica Etima, a daughter, to the deceased said they were grateful to God for the years of their father and the contribution he has made to his country while the Chairman UHRC Med Kaggwa said indeed Uganda, have lost the richness of his experience and counsel
His employers, UHRC, working with the family and Uganda Prisons Services, represented at preparatory meetings by spokesman Frank Baine, are jointly organising the week-long activities for the send-off chaired by the High Court judge, Justice Augustine Kania.
The Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda described Etima as a commited public servant who offered better quality service, a great patriot who loved his country,”
Dr Jacinto Amandua, the retired commissioner of clinical services at the Health ministry, said Etima, a staunch Catholic, “championed the construction of Ediofe Cathedral and helped in the completion of (the Anglican) Emmanuel Cathedral in Mvara (outside Arua town).”
Born: April 7, 1940 Joined Makerere University in 1965 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Etima Studied at St Aloysius College Nyapea and Namilyango College. He holds diplomas, certificates in Prisons management, international criminal justice and international humanitarian law he served Uganda Prisons Service for 18 years.
Today to Wednesday, there will be Mass at his home in Naguru at 6pm every day,on Thursday a Requiem mass at Our Lady of Africa, Mbuya Catholic Church, at 2pm and then on Friday Body will leave for Arua, for another requiem mass at Christ the King Church before his burial at his ancestral home in Mute Village, Omugo Sub-county on Saturday.
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