Uganda, April 16 -- The legacy of Ambassador Wilson Wamimbi Weasa, who died on April 12 at Kiruddu Referral Hospital in Kampala, is of a principled, incorruptible, and strong-willed leader.

When his five-year term of office ended as the first cultural leader (Umukuuka) of Inzu Ya Masaaba in 2015, a group of elders asked former diplomat Wamimbi to amend the institution's constitution and allow himself serve for more years but he declined.

Wamimbi, 83, who died from pressure and diabetes, the illnesses that he has been battling for several years told the elders then, that he can never violate a constitution he birthed to unite Bamasaaaba in Uganda and in the diaspora.

"He was an incorruptible and straightforward man. When his term of off...