Uganda, April 19 -- A sombre mood engulfed Kanywero-Kashaki-Kihanga-Mparo Valley in Rukiga District on Sunday as hundreds of mourners gathered at Mparo playground to witness the sendoff of a father and his son who died on the same day in Kampala.

Mzee Daniel Keisho Ndarubweine, 96, and his son Dr Joseph Twinomujuni Ndarubweine, 61, both died on April 16.

The two, father and brother to UPDF's Joint Staff-Political Commissariat Maj Gen Henry Masiko, were laid to rest together in an emotionally charged ceremony attended by family, government officials, religious leaders and the military.

Mzee Ndarubweine died of complications related to old age, while his son died of throat cancer after a prolonged battle with the disease.

Mourners that ...