Many music lovers in Uganda since yesterday have been mourning the death of the love ballad singer Fred Maiso. Maiso, the singer behind Oli Kimuli Kya Rosa, died yesterday morning at Mirembe Health Centre, in Kampala.

John Maiso, the brother to the deceased has told mourners in Kampala that Maiso died of high blood pressure, cancer and ulcers. At first the cause of his death was unclear as there was no postmortem report to that effect.

Maiso, is one of the founders of Eagles Production. The body of Maiso has been taken to Petete in Tirinyi, East Uganda where it would be buried on Wednesday.