Mary Karooro Okurut: ‘Auntie.’ Patriot. Bridge-Builder. Defender of Truth. Friend of Journalists

Mary Karooro Okurut: ‘Auntie.’ Patriot. Bridge-Builder. Defender of Truth. Friend of Journalists

Hon. Mary Karooro Okurut With a heavy heart and deep gratitude, I celebrate the life of Hon. Mary Karooro Okurut whose sudden death has left hundreds of thousands shocked and in grief. Hon. Karooro was a woman whose legacy transcends titles and politics. She was a mother to many, a mentor to truth-tellers, and a rare voice of reason in an increasingly turbulent National Resistance Movement (NRM) party governance. To us, she was simply Auntie Mar…

Uganda mourns political leader Mary Karooro Okurut - Now Then Digital

Veteran politician and women’s rights campaigner Mary Karooro Okurut has died in Nairobi at the age of 71. She passed away on Monday, 11 August, at the Aga Khan Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment for injuries sustained in a road accident last month. The crash happened as she returned from a meeting in Nebbi district, during which she announced plans to contest for Uganda’s National MP seat representing the elderly. She suffered a b…