Breaking! NUP Top Lawyer Anthony Wameli Is Dead
The latest news reaching our desk indicates that Wameli Anthony, the National Unity Platform’s head of the legal team has been pronounced dead in the United States, where he had been admitted for some time following health complications.
Wameli’s passing has been confirmed by the party president Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi wine saying more details will be provided in due course.
”Very sad day! Just learnt of the untimely passing of our dear brother and Head of our Legal Team, comrade Wameli Anthony from the U.S. where he’s been admitted for treatment. Details will be provided in due course. May his soul rest in eternal peace” Bobi wine said in a tweet.
According to sources at the NUP camp, Wameli has been battling with cancer at the fourth stage which has suddenly cut his life shot.
Wameli, who has been battling abdominal complications on and off for months, was diagnosed with colon cancer alias bowel cancer by doctors at Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts, USA, where he has been hospitalized since September 2021.
About Anthony Wameli
Anthony Wameli is a Ugandan politician, attorney, senior lawyer at Wameli & Co Advocates and Solicitors, Kampala Uganda, a businessman and a human rights advocate.
Anthony Wameli Yeboah was born in Namisindwa District, Bugishu Sub-Region in the Eastern part of Uganda.
Wameli attended Kamwokya Islamic Nursery and Primary School; then City High School, Kololo from where he proceeded to Busoga and Tororo Colleges for his O’ Level education.
Wameli, then joined Uganda Martyrs High School Rubaga, for his A-Level education. After, Wameli got admitted for a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Makerere University. However, he never pursued education to the end.
He was given the Education day programme, private sponsorship but half sponsored by the university because his mother was a secretary at the school of education. However, his mother had a dream one day, in the first two weeks of study at the university and in this dream; his mother saw a big word “Justice”.
So when she saw that word in the dream she woke up and told his son that “I think u need to change the course and study Law”. But Wameli protested at first arguing that the course was so expensive, long study period, and was very tough as compared to education saying he can’t handle it.
However, his mother insisted and finally he had to take on the law course. Wameli studied for a bachelor’s degree in Law at Makerere University from 2000-2004.
After, he proceeded to Law Development Center, in Kampala Uganda and later got a Certificate in International Human Rights and Good Governance from Copenhagen Business School. Master’s Program (Master) Domestic Human Rights, Makerere University
Anthony Wameli Yeboah is the founder and Managing Partner, Wameli & Co. Advocates which employs 8 Advocates and has nurtured over 300 advocates through internship and practice. Wameli’s legal firm began in August 2008.
Wameli has served as a lawyer for over 13 years with a wide range of experience, including representing suspects with high-profile cases like terrorism and treason.
He served as a Magistrate Grade 1 in the Chief Magistrate of Nakasongola for about 3 years from September 2009-April 2011. He retired and embarked on his legal practice to focus on his law firm.
Wameli is a general practitioner but has a bias in constitutional law, Human Rights Defense, High profile criminal Defense and Land Laws. Sometimes you will find him in the Magistrates court, in the Labour court, and by the time he takes up your case, you will be speaking the same language.
Apart from legal practice, Wameli was a gospel preacher who liked performing Christian ministry work mostly at Ebenezer Christian Fellowship in Kayanya.
