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Fifteen year old Nikita Pearl Waligwa, better known for her role as Gloria, in Disney's biopic movie, Queen of Katwe, has gone to be with the Lord. She passed on, yesterday February 15th 2020 at TMR International Hospital in Naalya, in the suburbs of Kampala. She was awaiting another surgery to remove a reoccurring cancerous tumour. Nikita who has been in and out of hospitals in Uganda and I

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.

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  1. Rest in Peace Nikita.
    Your legacy will live on through the light you have left behind in your short life..

    So many souls taken by the big C, and many more just waiting to pass on due to limited resources.
    We hope there will be a breakthrough soon with Stem Cell therapy.

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