Former Kazo MP Gordon Bafaki died in a fatal road accident at around 3:00am this Wednesday morning along the Northern bypass in Kampala.
He was 48.
Bafaki, who lost his MP seat to Dan Kimosho in the 2021 elections, was returning from Kiruhura district where he was a member of the organizing committee for Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s ‘homecoming celebrations’.
The sudden death has stunned Kazo district considering that the former MP yesterday appeared on Kazo FM to mobilize people to attend the homecoming event.
“I want to urge the young people to embrace Muhoozi because he is defending our generational interests,” said Bafaki while appearing on radio yesterday.
Muhoozi said he was unable to attend the event as he had to “concentrate on regional issues.”
Muhoozi was referring to the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo where fighting has been raging between M23 rebels and government troops.
Bafaki sponsored the Kazo Football Team which won the MK ‘homecoming’ Cup.
The cause of the road accident remains unclear. However, the Northern by-pass has lately claimed many lives due to poor lighting of the road.
Born on November 9, 1976, Gordon Tumwiine Bafaki was a politician, businessman and a professional classroom teacher.
He replaced former works Minister John Nasasira as Kazo MP in the 2016 elections.
Bafaki attended Ntambazi primary school in Kazo before joining Kanoni Secondary School for his O’Level education.
The departed politician had his A-level at Standard High School Zzana and Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Makerere University.
