Mudavadi family mourns last matriarch

Rosebella Mudavadi

The late Mama Rosebella Mudavadi who died on Wednesday Novermber 24, 2021 in the US. She was the step mother of ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi

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What you need to know:

  • Mama Rosebella Mudavadi was the second wife to the late minister and stepmother of ANC Party Leader Musalia Mudavadi
  • She died in the US where she had been living for some time

The family of former powerful minister in the Kanu regime, Moses Mudavadi, is in mourning following the demise of Mama Rosebella Mudavadi.

The deceased was the second wife to the late minister and stepmother of ANC Party Leader H.E. Musalia Mudavadi.

Mr Kibisu Kabatesi, the press secretary of the ANC leader, confirmed that Mama Rosebella died on Wednesday night due to old age.

Leaders from Vihiga county led by Vihiga Senator Hon. George Khaniri and Sabatia Member of Parliament Hon. Alfred Agoi have condoled with the family and eulogized the late matriarch as a passionate servant to humanity.

“I pass my condolences, those of my family and people of Vihiga at large to the entire family of H.E. Musalia Mudavadi… it’s my prayer that God grants them comfort during this trying moments [sic],” Hon. Khaniri shared on Twitter.

On his part, Hon. Agoi eulogized Mama Rosebella as “an outstanding matriarch who brought up a family of accomplished and disciplined children.”

Mama Rosebella died in the US where she had been living for some time.

She was co-wife to Mama Hannah Atsianzale Mudavadi who died late last year.

Though she was unable to attend the burial of Mama Hannah earlier this year, she had eulogized her co-wife as a team player revealing that they had stood together and raised their children together as one family.

"The political journey we walked in support of our late husband's career. We traversed Maragoli land, far and wide. We walked hand-in-hand and stood shoulder-to-shoulder, bearing the heavy responsibility of building a legacy," Mama Rosebella said in her condolence message at the funeral, read by her son Geoffrey Kegode.