Retired Lt Col Abdallah Nasur died on Tuesday night. He was 77.
Members of his family confirmed he passed away at Nakasero Hospital after a long battle with pneumonia. He will be buried today in Bombo.
Nasur was born in 1946 in Nakatonya village and was a strong military leader during Idi Amin’s rule when he served as governor for Central and Karamoja provinces from January 1975–1979.
He is mostly remembered for his strict enforcement of the urban beautification campaign in Kampala city then.
It is alleged that he forced urban dwellers to eat rubber flip-flops once caught wandering the city streets. However, in a 2021 interview, he denied forcing people to eat slippers and described it as blackmail.
He said both local and international human rights bodies investigated the allegations and found out that they were false. He challenged anyone who was forced to eat their sandals/slippers to come forward and prove their claims.
In 1979 after Amin was overthrown, Nassur fled to Kenya but was arrested, extradited, and charged with the murder of the mayor of Masaka, Francis Walugembe earlier on September 21, 1972.
He was convicted by the High court in Kampala and sentenced to death. In 2001, President Yoweri Museveni pardoned him. Since then he has been living low life at Nakatonya village in Bombo town until his death.
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