KAMPALA – The Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) has organized thanks-giving prayers for the UJA president Bashir Kazibwe Mbazira.
Mr. Kazibwe was this month, admitted to International Hospital Kampala (IHK) where he was discharged and subsequently airlifted to a hospital in Nairobi where he has been undergoing treatment.
According to the UJA secretary for information, the prayers shall take place on Saturday, June 22, at Katanga playgrounds at 12 pm.
“The President will also use the day to give a full account of what he went going through and to convey his sincere appreciation to Allah and to everyone who stood with him throughout the trying moment,” Kabuye said in a statement.
Mr. Kazibwe returned on Thursday, June 20, at 3:20 am following his discharge from a hospital in Nairobi.
The UJA boss took to his Facebook page and said, “Dear family, friends and fans, am writing this with a strong mind and spirit whose body has been taken to the edge of death only to be saved by the Master of our Destiny-Allah.”
Mr. Kazibwe has also confirmed that he was poisoned.
“It’s been 18 excruciatingly painful days of coming face to face with death itself. The confirmed cause lethal Poisoning. Why? The doers will answer to their Lord,” he retorted in an excerpt from his online post.
He further noted that his doctors in Nairobi advised him to stick to his medication for the next six months, coupled with a physical medical review and re-examination every month.
