Kanyike is reported to have succumbed to a brain haemorrhage that caused his death at Nsambya Hospital on Thursday evening.
He is well renowned for his consistent appearance at all bar band events in Kampala, dancing uncoordinatedly and puting on floral outfits and a signature fedora.
Kanyike claimed to have worked and lived in London for 25 years before relocating to Uganda where he “invested wisely” and retired to party.
“I was wise to invest properly before returning to Uganda. I had worked from 1988 and in 2012, I started thinking of returning home because my parents were aging. I had built a home and set up apartments in Kalinabiri, a Kampala suburb I had just sold a property to Mogas on Jinja Road which enabled me to become a wealthier man, I decided to retire,” said on is retirement
He has confessed that he had nothing else to do except hop from one party to another except on Mondays.