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August 05, 2005
Uganda Wants Bodies of Ugandans Killed in Copter Crash
The Monitor Online of Uganda reports that Uganda's "Minister of Internal Affairs, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, is in Sudan to ask the Sudanese government to immediately release the bodies of the seven Ugandans who died in the plane crash with [Dr. John] Garang last weekend."
The publication said, "The government spokesman and Minister of Information, Dr Nsaba Buturo, yesterday [August 5, 2005] told journalists at the weekly press briefing that the government wants the bodies released immediately so as to ease the agony of the bereaved families.
"We have agreed that everything should be done quickly to reduce the agony of the families," the minister said, according to The Monitor. "We want the country to move on." .
The Monitor said, "Rugunda on Wednesday [August 3, 2005] led a team of forensic experts from Uganda to Juba to help in the investigations into the cause of the presidential chopper crash." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 5, 2005 09:36 PM
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