- She died while undergoing treatment in Turkey, and barely a month after she appealed for financial help to continue with her treatment.
- Bwire had battled metastatic breast cancer for about two years before passing away.
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The family of actress Winnie Bwire Ndubi popularly known as ‘Dida’ from popular Citizen TV drama series 'Sultana' announced that she had succumbed to cancer.
She died while undergoing treatment in Turkey, and barely a month after she appealed for financial help to continue with her treatment.
Bwire had battled metastatic breast cancer for about two years before passing away.
She is a holder of a degree in Industrial Fine Art and Design from Makerere University.
She was multi-talented and from a young age, she could write poems and plays.
Into adulthood, she made a career out of acting, scriptwriting, songwriting, singing, painting, and interior design.
Her first professional screenplay was in 2014 in a project that was dubbed 'Penzi'.
This is where her career is believed to have started picking up.
She would later feature in other projects including Kalimani Dynasty and Sultana, which aired on Citizen TV among other projects.
In 2018, Bwire started dating actor Dan Sonko and after five years, the two parted ways in July 2023.
Sonko announced that the separation was mutual, while Bwire said she was on a spiritual quest.
In 2022, she went public about her breast cancer diagnosis in an interview with entertainment journalist, Cheptoek Boyo.
In December 2023, she made a public appeal for financial assistance to aid her cancer treatment.
The fundraiser aimed to garner support for her journey toward specialised medical attention abroad.
Bwire was looking to raise at least Sh7 million.
She would go for treatment until mid-August when she went public about her condition again.
This time around, she was also seeking Sh5 million to help her get back to treatment in Turkey.
According to her, she was doing well with her medication until she began experiencing side effects.
"You wouldn't believe it—it has over 41 side effects, and you never know which one will hit. You experience some of them at different times, and it keeps changing," she narrated.
She said her doctors advised her to stop taking the medication.