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Biography
Penny Tinditina, also known as Penny Jakana (died on April 19, 2017), was a former Uganda Television news anchor, Radio 1 news anchor and presenter and BBC journalist in the early 2000s. She died at the age of 39.
Background
In 2016, Penny was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in 2017 in Seattle, United States where she had battled for her life for more than a year. Her funeral service held at Watoto Church in Kampala. She was remembered for being kind, polite and focused. When she died, a memorial fund was created by friends on GoFundMe to support her funeral financially in Uganda. She was buried at her ancestral home in Nyakiganda village in Nyabuhikye, Ibanda District. Her vigil took place at her parents' home in Buwaate-Najeela. She was described by her husband as a "loving and courageous woman who not only had time for the family but also transformed him".
Career
She worked at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Washington State, US at the time of her death and was a former journalist with BBC. She also worked at Uganda Television, now known as UBC.
Personal life
Penny had three children; Darren, Dione, and Divine, with her husband Alex Jakana.