Peter Nyombi is dead

He was Attorney General and member of the Ugandan Cabinet, appointed on 27 May 2011.

He replaced Kiddu Makubuya who became Minister for General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister.

He passed on Sunday evening at SAS Clinic on Ben Kiwanuka Street where he had been rushed after developing breathing problems.

His brother, Henry Mayega said Nyombi had just had a meal with him at a family get together.

“He started complaining of breathing problems and we rushed him to SAS Clinic where he was pronounced dead on arrival,” Mayega said.

According to Judiciary Spokesperson Solomon Muyita. Nyombi succumbed to hypertension.

Peter Nyombi was appointed as Attorney General on 27 May 2011. He replaced Kiddu Makubuya who became Minister for General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister.

In the cabinet reshuffle of 1 March 2015, he was dropped from the cabinet and was replaced by Fred Ruhindi who was also replaced with William Byaruhanga.

Nyombi was born in Nakasongola District, on 23 April 1954, to Eriakimu Kajja, a schoolteacher and Mrs. Kajja, a full-time housewife.

Nyombi is one of thirteen siblings. One of his brothers is Professor John Musisi Senyonyi, the Vice Chancellor of Uganda Christian University. Nyombi attended Nakasongola Primary School. He then studied at Kings College Buddo for his O-Level and A-Level education.

In 1973, he was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda’s largest and oldest public university, established in 1922.

He studied law, graduating in 1976, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In 1977, he received the Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. John 14:1-3