Ugandan Singer Radio dies after Brain Surgery
Tributes have been pouring in for
one of East Africa's most popular musicians, Mowzey Radio, who has died
aged 33 after a reported bar brawl.
Radio, real name Moses
Ssekibogo, died just hours after Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni
donated $8,300 (£5,800) towards his medical bills.
The Afrobeats star was being treated in hospital for head injuries he sustained in the alleged brawl 10 days ago.
Five people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far.
According to Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper, the singer was allegedly beaten into a coma at a popular hang out spot in Entebbe town, south of the capital Kampala.
He had been in hospital ever since, although his management had stressed his condition was improving.
However,
at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday, the singer, who made up
one half of duo Radio & Weasel, lost his fight for life.
The King 👑Is Gone ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜— RADIO & WEASEL (@RadioandWeasel) February 1, 2018
Within hours of his death, the announcement had thousands of
responses from people paying their respects to the musician, while
photos show a large group of mourners gathering outside the Kampala
hospital where he died.
President Museveni was among those to pay
tribute to the singer, who was among the artists who contributed to a
song in support of the politician during the 2016 elections.
Have been told about the untimely death of musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio. I had only recently made a financial contribution towards his treatment and hoped he would get better. He was a talented young person with a great future ahead of him. May he rest in peace.— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) February 1, 2018
Radio's mother Jane Kasubo said her son had been "everything" to her, and his death had left her "with nothing".
"He
always gave me even the little he had. Mowzey Radio always took care of
his sisters," she told reporters who gathered after his death,
according to New Vision newspaper.
"However much others knew him as a chaotic man, I knew him as a simple, humble and talented son.
"My son paid school fees for one of his sisters until she graduated recently. He had very many friends. I am left with nothing."
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