A 27-year-old Uganda Christian University (UCU) law student, Angella Namirembe, has died in a tragic road accident in Kampala. The incident has since taken a shocking twist after her father, Robert Mutebi, discovered that the deceased was not his biological daughter, as he had always believed.
According to reports, the revelation came after Namirembe’s death, when family discussions uncovered that her real father is a man currently living abroad. The late Namirembe’s mother, Agnes Nakandi, been in marriage with Mutebi for 29 years, hails from Mutungo Zone IV in Nakawa District, where the family had been residing.
Mutebi, who had raised Namirembe since birth, expressed deep sorrow and confusion over the events that unfolded following his daughter’s passing. He also described how he was treated by several politicians who appeared at the morgue during the time he went to collect his daughter’s body.
It is with profound sadness that I announce the untimely passing of our beloved daughter, Namirembe Angella, a law student at Makerere University. She has tragically lost her life in a boda boda accident this morning. pic.twitter.com/kCi51ksSHN
— Hon Betty Nambooze Bakireke (@HonNambooze) October 21, 2025
“Even Hon. Nambooze brought a funeral service car and came to bury the child. At that time, I didn’t know where my daughter was, but Hon. Nambooze said my child used to call her aunt. There was also a man called Mr. Kiwanuka who is suspected to be the father of my daughter, who is currently in America,” Mutebi narrated.
He explained that Namirembe was his first-born daughter, and that he and his wife Nakandi had three children together. He had raised Namirembe from infancy, providing for her education all the way to university.
“I think everyone has seen how I raised her from a little girl. I did everything for her because I believed she was my daughter. Even though my job didn’t take me far in education, I made sure my children got the education I never had,” he said emotionally.
Mutebi revealed that he even took death announcements to CBS Radio in Mengo, Kampala, to inform relatives and friends of the tragedy. However, he was surprised when radio staff told him that other people had already made announcements on behalf of the deceased people he didn’t recognize. This made him suspicious that something unusual was going on.
“After realizing something wasn’t right, we sat the mother down and asked her what she knew about our daughter. But she refused to tell us the truth,” Mutebi explained. “Later, she decided to go away with other mourners to Jjalamba where they’re eying to burry my daughter.” Mutebi
Following this confrontation, Mutebi accused his wife, Nakandi, of keeping a secret from him for 27 years that their first-born child was not biologically his. Deeply hurt by the revelation, he has since decided to divorce her.
Family members, including Samuel Mubiru Ssalongo, the grandfather of the deceased and Mutebi’s father, as well as George William Mayanja and other relatives, expressed shock and disappointment over Nakandi’s actions.
“I am very surprised,” Ssalongo said. “Since the day she gave birth, I have known that child as my grandchild. If it’s true that things were hidden from us, then the child should remain where she was taken. There’s a saying that if your mother is still alive, you can never be sure of your true clan because women often hide such secrets. But the truth cannot remain hidden forever.”
A video has also surfaced online showing Namirembe proudly identifying with the Kkobe clan, not the Mmamba clan of Mutebi’s lineage further confirming the family’s worst fears.
Mutebi later confirmed that a family meeting was held, bringing together the mother of the deceased, Agnes Nakandi, and other relatives. During the meeting, the couple officially agreed to separate and resolved to take the matter to the police for further handling.
The death of Angella Namirembe, coupled with the painful family revelations that followed, has left the entire community in shock amidst political waves turning what should have been a solemn moment of mourning into a heartbreaking family dispute.