KAMPALA.
Retired police officer Sam Omalla, who came to the limelight for his role in quelling the 2011 walk-to-work protests and other public protests organized by incarcerated former Forum for Democratic Change President Dr Kizza Besigye is no more .
Omalla, 64 who once served as the Kampala field force commander, died at Mulago National Referral Hospital Monday morning, according to Capt. Mike Mukula, the chairperson of Arrow Security Systems Ltd, where Omalla worked as director of operations and deputy Chief Executive Officer.
“He has just passed on in Mulago hospital at 7 am after a long struggle with cancer,” Mr Mukula, who serves as the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) national vice chairman for Eastern Uganda, said.
Omalla’s widow, Ms Peace Kirabo Omalla also confirmed the death of her beloved husband .
“It’s true he’s dead and the body is in Mulago National Referral Hospital,” she said.
Omalla has been in and out of hospital since last year after being diagnosed with prostate cancer
Rtd Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Asan Kasingye,has praised Omalla as a hardworking man .
“I am sorry for the loss of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sam Omalla. Those who worked with him remember him as a selfless, patriotic and hardworking officer. He loved his family too and talked fondly about cultural interconnectivity with pride. Thank you, Mr Mike Mukula, for offering him employment.
To the family, the Police Force and Arrow security, may God strengthen you as you go through the loss? May his soul rest in eternal peace,” Mr Kasingye said in his X post. By the time of his death ,Omalla who preferred to call him Muko Wa Buganda( an in-law of ethnic Baganda) having married a Muganda woman , apologised to all those he rubbed the wrong way and asked for forgiveness .