Rotary International’s Sam Owori dies.
Sam Frobisher Owori, a Ugandan National who was scheduled to become the next President of Rotary International passed away on Friday in the United States.
Owori would have been the first Ugandan and second African to lead the global organization dedicated to serving communities.
He was due to start work as Rotary president for year 2018-2019.
Members of the Rotary fraternity have paid pay their last respects to deceased senior Rotarian Sam Owori. They eulogized him as a selfless, humble and incorruptible man.
Owori who passed away on 13th July in the US, was to set to be installed as the second African to head Rotary International.
Norah Owori, the late Rotarian's widow, challenged fellow Rotarians to fulfill Owori's vision of growing the Rotary fellowship in Uganda and the world.
Rotary International president-elect, Sam Owori has died.
Owori is said to have died in the US due to complications after he had a leg operation.
President Rotary International 2017-18, Ian H.S. Riseley confirmed the news saying Owori had died.
“Sam had undergone some surgery in Texas that he had been planning for some time, and there were post-operative complications from which he couldn’t recover. I will provide appropriate details when they are known. In this time of great loss, I ask you to keep Norah, the Owori family and Sam’s millions of friends around the world in your thoughts,” Mr Riseley in a statement.
He further noted details on Owori’s funeral arrangements will be communicated later.
“Sam was a special person in so many ways, and is a huge loss. From the perspective of Rotary administration, we in Evanston are looking at what needs to be done as a result of Sam’s passing,” he added.
Owori is said to have died in the US due to complications after he had a leg operation.
President Rotary International 2017-18, Ian H.S. Riseley confirmed the news saying Owori had died.
“Sam had undergone some surgery in Texas that he had been planning for some time, and there were post-operative complications from which he couldn’t recover. I will provide appropriate details when they are known. In this time of great loss, I ask you to keep Norah, the Owori family and Sam’s millions of friends around the world in your thoughts,” Mr Riseley in a statement.
He further noted details on Owori’s funeral arrangements will be communicated later.
“Sam was a special person in so many ways, and is a huge loss. From the perspective of Rotary administration, we in Evanston are looking at what needs to be done as a result of Sam’s passing,” he added.
Owori was on in August 2016 nominated to head Rotary International as president for year 2018-2019.
A professional banker, Owori was the first past district governor of the Rotary Club 9200 and the second African to be nominated to Rotary International, a body responsible for the administration, policy formulation and financial control of Rotary clubs worldwide.
A professional banker, Owori was the first past district governor of the Rotary Club 9200 and the second African to be nominated to Rotary International, a body responsible for the administration, policy formulation and financial control of Rotary clubs worldwide.
He was going to be installed this year in Toronto.
After his election, Owori said he saw in Rotary "an incredible passion to make a difference."
As president, he planned to "harness that enthusiasm and pride so that every project becomes the engine of peace and prosperity."
After his election, Owori said he saw in Rotary "an incredible passion to make a difference."
As president, he planned to "harness that enthusiasm and pride so that every project becomes the engine of peace and prosperity."
Before he was elected as Rotary president, Owori was chief executive officer of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda.
Before that, he was executive director of the African Development Bank, managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd., and director of Uganda Development Bank.
He studied law, employment relations, business management, corporate resources management, microfinance, and marketing at institutions in England, Japan, Switzerland, Tanzania, and the United States, including Harvard Business School.
Before that, he was executive director of the African Development Bank, managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd., and director of Uganda Development Bank.
He studied law, employment relations, business management, corporate resources management, microfinance, and marketing at institutions in England, Japan, Switzerland, Tanzania, and the United States, including Harvard Business School.
Since becoming a member in 1978, Owori had served Rotary as regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, regional RI membership coordinator, RI Representative to the United Nations Environment Program and UN-Habitat, and RI director.
He was also a member or chair of several committees, including the International PolioPlus Committee, the Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, and the Audit Committee.
He was also a member or chair of several committees, including the International PolioPlus Committee, the Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, and the Audit Committee.
Most recently, Owori served as trustee of The Rotary Foundation, chair of The Rotary Foundation's Finance Committee, and a member of the Investment Committee, according to the Rotary website.
Owori was reportedly a Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation, and he and his wife, Norah, are Major Donors and Paul Harris Fellows.
Owori was reportedly a Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation, and he and his wife, Norah, are Major Donors and Paul Harris Fellows.
Evanston, Illinois, United States | ROTARY INTERNATIONAL| Rotary International President-elect Sam F. Owori died unexpectedly on July 13 due to complications from surgery.
Owori ‘s term as Rotary’s 108th president would have begun on 1 July 2018, according the Rotary International website www.rotary.org. Owori was a member of the Rotary Club Kampala, Uganda, for 38 years.
“Rotary has become a way of life for me – with the intrinsic value and core belief in mutual responsibility and concern for one another as a cornerstone,” Owori said when he was nominated last year. “I feel immense satisfaction knowing that through Rotary, I’ve helped someone live better.”
Under Owori ’s leadership, the number of clubs in Uganda swelled from nine to 89 over the course of 29 years.
Owori was the chief executive officer of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda, whose mission is to promote excellence in corporate governance principles and practice in the region by 2020. Previously, he was executive director of the African Development Bank and managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd., and director of Uganda Development Bank. He has also served as corporation secretary of the Central Bank of Uganda.
Parliament on Tuesday paid a special tribute to the fallen Rotary International President Elect Sam Frobisher Owori.
The body of the late arrived in the country Tuesday morning aboard Turkish Airlines.
George Makdowa the Turkish Airlines manager sales and marketing at Entebbe airport told Daily Monitor the body failed to arrive in time because the casket was too heavy for the passenger flight which would have flown directly from Istanbul to Entebbe airport.
Owori’s body was not embalmed in the U.S. Instead it was frozen. It was later embalmed at Mulago department of anatomy.
Today, the body laid in state at parliament where legislators paid tributes to him.
The special sitting was chaired by deputy speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, who also laid a wreath on the casket containing the remains of late Owori.
The Prime Minister Rt Hon Ruhakana Rugunda moved the motion to honour the late Owori who died in US while undergoing surgery on 13th July 2017.
In his justification for the motion, Rugunda described Owori as an accomplished gentleman who was set to assume the top leadership of the global Rotary fraternity as its international President in July 2018.
He would have been the second African, and first Ugandan to ascend to this position in Rotary’s 110 year history.
A distinguished banker, economist and lawyer, Owori was a man of impeccable integrity and humility, Rugunda said.
“He demonstrated discipline and professionalism in the many responsibilities he held during his illustrious career.”
He added: “The pouring in of moving tributes from people of all walks of life, from ordinary people to top leaders from all over the world is testimony to the kind of man Sam was.”
On Wednesday, Rotarians will gather at Lugogo Cricket Oval to pay their last respects.
On Thursday, there will be a requiem service at Namirembe Cathedral before the body is taken to Tororo District.
On Friday the body goes to his home in Kidera Tororo District and burial will take place on Saturday.
Samuel Frobisher Owori, a celebrated Banker and top Ugandan Rotarian who was recently elected President of Rotary International for the term 2018-19 has died.
Owori died in Dallas, Texas in the United States according to a close friend, who spoke to us anonymously.
He has been a member of Rotary Club Kampak for close to 40 years according to available information.
Rotary International is a humanitarian service organization that unites leaders committed to improving lives and bringing positive, lasting change to communities around the world.
The friend says Mr Owori died during an operation on his leg, during which his blood pressure dropped suddenly and he never recovered.
Owori was the 108th president elect of the Rotary International and was to take the mantle from 2018-19.
He will be remembered for his role in growing the number of Rotary clubs in Uganda from nine to 89 over the course of 29 years.
At the time of his death, Owori was the CEO of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda.
Before that, he was executive director of the African Development Bank, managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd, and director of Uganda Development Bank.
He has studied law, employment relations, business management, corporate resources management, microfinance, and marketing at institutions in England, Japan, Switzerland, Tanzania, and the United States, including Harvard Business School.
