Joshua Wanume Kibedi

Joshua Wanume Kibedi (3 August 1941 – 13 June 2016) was an Ugandan lawyer, politician and diplomat, who served as the Foreign Minister between January 1971 and January 1973 during the early years of the regime of Idi Amin. However, Kibedi resigned as Foreign Minister in 1973 after the murder of his uncle, Shaban Nkutu, by Amin. Kibedi went into exile and became a leading critic of Idi Amin's dictatorship.

Biography Joshua Wanume Kibedi was born in Busesa, Iganga District, Uganda Protectorate, on 3 August 1941. Nkutu was later murdered. His body was finally discovered in a mass grave in 2005, 32 years after his kidnapping.

Foreign Minister Kibedi was attending a foreign ministers' meeting of Organisation of African Unity member states in Ghana on 11 January 1973, when he received confirmation that his brother-in-law, President Idi Amin, was responsible for the murder of his uncle. He settled in London and became a leading critic of the Idi Amin dictatorship during the 1970s. Kibedi's remains were flown back to Entebbe International Airport on 29 June 2016. A memorial service for Kibedi was held at All Saints Cathedral in Kampala followed by a burial in Busesa on 2 July 2016.