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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>On March 20, Edward Muhumuza and I were assigned to cover a story about how people affected by the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project were living in mid western Uganda. We travelled in different cars and met that evening at a hotel in the Albertine Region where we had been booked as a group.<\/p>\n

Dinner time at 7pm, our team leader summoned us to the hotel\u2019s restaurant where chips and goat\u2019s meat, were the only available food.<\/p>\n

Three settled for the meal while Eddy, myself, and a few other colleagues scouted local food elsewhere. Eddy and I sat at one table. He ordered for Chicken Luwombo, groundnut paste, matooke and millet bread (kalo).<\/p>\n

He also asked the waitress to serve him a plentiful of vegetables, which he said was on a doctor\u2019s recommendation.<\/p>\n

He was jovial and foresaw himself as the next best news anchor at NTV Uganda.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know my dream to anchor news will come true. I want to do it at NTV because I know they will give me enough time to train so that by the time I go on air, I will be perfect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

I replied: \u201cI trust you Eddy. You can do it. You are smart, intelligent and confident; so, go for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, we went to Buliisa District, I sat next to him because I liked laughing at his humour. There, we interviewed project-affected persons, and proceeded to do the same in Hoima. At both places, Eddy helped translate accounts offered in Rukiga and Runyoro into English language.<\/p>\n

In jocular banter, we asked if Eddy had also turned into a project-affected person. We all chuckled.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, at about 11am, we parted ways. The NTV team proceeded on another oil-related assignment and we departed for Kampala. But Eddy and I kept in touch as always.<\/p>\n

We talked about different things. On Friday, Eddy told me that he upon return to Kampala had a coursework to hand in at 9am the next day at Nkumba University, where he was a Journalism student.<\/p>\n

Then I proposed that we would speak later to allow him concentrate on the academic work.<\/p>\n

His reply: \u201cYeah, let me finish this work. I probably won\u2019t sleep [on Friday night]. Talk again Monday. Tomorrow [Saturday March 25], I will be out of reach. My phone is never on, on Sabbath.\u201d<\/p>\n

That chat appointment for today is not happening, and forever won\u2019t because the grim reaper cut Eddy\u2019s bubbly life and budding journalism career.<\/p>\n

I learnt that Eddy had died in a motor crash on Saturday morning at Mpala on Entebbe expressway while on his way to Nkumba University through gory images of the accident scene posted in a WhatsApp group.<\/p>\n

This was at 8:57am. I panicked uncontrollably and believed in hope that this was false. Or, a miracle would return Eddy to life.<\/p>\n

In the confusion, I prayed. But nothing worked. I telephoned Eddy\u2019s number, hoping he would receive my dial and I hear him one more time. The line rang unanswered. I texted. \u201cEddy, are you there? Tell me you are not dead.\u201d No reply.<\/p>\n

And at a funeral service at Seventh Day Adventist Kampala Central Church on Saturday evening, Eddy lay there — motionless — in the wooden coffin.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been difficult to hold back my tears. He was a mentor, brother, colleague and a true friend.<\/p>\n

Adieu, Edward Muhumuza!<\/p>\n

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