{"id":34547,"date":"2022-07-25T18:07:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/football-mourns-joseph-kanaaba"},"modified":"2022-07-25T18:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:43:35","slug":"football-mourns-joseph-kanaaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/football-mourns-joseph-kanaaba","title":{"rendered":"Football mourns Joseph Kanaaba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The football fraternity is mourning the passing on of one of the most passionate servants of the game following the death of former SC Villa technical director, Joseph Kanaaba (pictured).<\/p>\n<p>Kanaaba, who died at 45, collapsed while talking to his community team players after playing football at Soccer Planet, off Entebbe Road, on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>He was rushed to Kisubi Hospital, where he breathed his last.<\/p>\n<p>Kanaaba was a committed servant and leader at St Francis Xavier Bweya Catholic Church, where he was before having a meal at home and proceeding to play football as his custom.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Francis Kinobi, a close friend of the deceased\u2019s wife, Phoebe, enjoyed a brief moment with Kanaaba at church before the latter left for home, and later football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw him at church at about 6.50pm yesterday (Saturday),\u201d said Jane Francis, \u201cwe were from a choir practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe joked about an animation we were working on to showcase at church, saying \u2018tubalinze\u2019, loosely translated \u2018we are waiting for you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe then happily drove off, went home and even had supper with his two young sons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jane Francis continued: \u201cI even talked to the wife at around 9.50pm. Then at 11.30pm, she called me telling me Joseph had passed on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exact cause of Kanaaba\u2019s death was not known by press time yesterday as the family was still waiting for the postmortem report.<\/p>\n<p>In football, Kanaaba is well remembered for his technical director role at SC Villa at the turn of the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>He briefly coached the club in the interim after the sacking of Serbian Srdjan Zivojnov in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can only celebrate the life of a man who served humanity and mourn his passing,\u201d said Norbert Kazibwe, a Villa fan and former executive member, Norbert Kazibwe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoseph worked at every effort like it was the last, purposed to impart more skill to every team member.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Kanaaba served as the executive director at Youth Alive Uganda, chaired the Kanaaba Leadership Centre, and was director of Kan Kan Builders Point Ltd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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