{"id":48710,"date":"2026-10-09T14:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=48710"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:11:19","slug":"ees-government-calls-for-public-support-for-ailing-music-legend-tommy-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/ees-government-calls-for-public-support-for-ailing-music-legend-tommy-flame\/","title":{"rendered":"EES government calls for public support for ailing music legend Tommy Flame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Ijoo Bosco<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Director General for Culture, Youth, and Sports in Eastern Equatoria State, Justine Thomson Ondogo, has appealed to the state government, well-wishers, and the public to support renowned cultural musician and Director for Culture, Mr. Tommy Flame, who is currently battling a serious illness.<\/p>\n<p>Ondogo is calling for immediate intervention, urging the government and communities to come together and stand with the veteran musician during this difficult period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, he is one of our renowned cultural musicians that all of us know. Let\u2019s join hands now and support him. Let\u2019s not wait until he is gone,\u201d Ondogo said.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Flame, a well-known music star and cultural icon, has reportedly been battling the illness for about three months.<\/p>\n<p>His condition is said to be deteriorating, prompting calls for prayers, medical support, and financial assistance from the government, families, and the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>Ondogo is appealing to anyone willing to help to reach out to Tommy Flame\u2019s family and caregivers.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public and well-wishers are encouraged to stand with the music legend and his family at this challenging time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco The Director General for Culture, Youth, and Sports in Eastern Equatoria State, Justine Thomson Ondogo, has appealed to the state government, well-wishers, and the public to support renowned cultural musician and Director for Culture, Mr. Tommy Flame, who is currently battling a serious illness. Ondogo is calling<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/ees-government-calls-for-public-support-for-ailing-music-legend-tommy-flame\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":48715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/EES-Government-Officials-during-meet-on-the-left-and-sicked-Tommy-Flame-sitting-on-his-mat-at-their-home-in-Torit.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48710"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48717,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48710\/revisions\/48717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}