Only four of the 25 people who underwent DNA testing have been confirmed as the biological children of the late Ugandan music legend Paul Kafeero, bringing an end to years of uncertainty over his paternity.
The results were announced on Thursday at the Uganda Police Headquarters in Naguru by officials from the Government Analytical Laboratory and the Uganda Police Forensic Services Laboratory.
The exercise followed a court order allowing the exhumation of Kafeero’s remains to obtain DNA samples for comparison with those of people claiming to be his children.
The four confirmed biological children are, Thomas Kafeero also known as Schwarzenegger, Simon Peter Kafeero, Benedicto Kafeero, and Elizabeth Nagawa. The remaining 21 people who submitted DNA samples were not confirmed as Kafeero’s biological children.
The announcement was overseen by Minister of Local Government Balaam Barugahara, who initiated the DNA verification process while serving as Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development.
The results sparked emotional scenes. Some people burst into tears after learning they were not biologically related to the late singer, while the four confirmed children celebrated the outcome.
