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Deputy Speaker Hon Thomas Tayebwa calls for wider family DNA tests in Kafeero paternity dispute

26 June, 2026
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Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has called for further DNA testing involving the wider family of the late musician Prince Paul Job Kafeero as debate intensifies over an ongoing paternity dispute involving individuals claiming to be his children.


Writing on his X account on Friday, Tayebwa suggested that additional genetic testing be conducted on Kafeero’s relatives to help resolve lingering doubts and bring closure to the matter. 

Minister of Local Government Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi, who has been involved in the process, pointed to multiple laboratory confirmations backing the official findings.

The debate follows the release of official DNA results by the Police Forensic Directorate confirming that only four of the 25 individuals who claimed to be children of Kafeero are his biological offspring.

The confirmed children are Benedicto Kafeero, Simon Peter Kafeero, Thomas Kafeero and Elizabeth Nagawa. The remaining 21 claimants were excluded following the tests.

Stellah Nantongo, one of the claimants rejected the results and said she would seek alternative means to establish her parentage.

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