The late City Comedian Paddy Bitama who died at Mulago Hospital a week ago will soon be buried after DNA results revealed his real father.
DNA results that were carried out on the body of the late Amarura Family comedian and radio personality this week revealed that the father of the deceased is Peter Njegula. This ended the seven day standoff that had seen relatives fighting on where to bury him rising questions as to who his real father is.
While talking about the results of the DNA test Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Mr Ibin Ssenkumbi said that the results were positive on Peter and negative on Richard Ssali, who is Bitama’s maternal brother. He revealed that the two parties were now working together on burial arrangements of the deceased.
Bitama was one of the founders of the Amarula Comedy outfit. He started out as an MC at the then popular DV 8bar, teamed up with Messe aka Bontwe and Amooti Omubaranguzi to form a comedy group’Amarula family’ and the three also worked together at Dembe FM. He had been expected to make an appearance at the ‘Akabadi ko Mwaka’ that takesplace at the end of each year but wasn’t able to appear for 2013 due to his health status.
Bitama was an activist member of the 4GC (For God and My Country) that replaced A4C (Actions for Change) and was planning to contest for member of parliament in Kyadondo North in 2016.