The long-awaited additional group of Ugandans who were rescued from Khartoum, Sudan, has successfully arrived home.
Aboard Kenya Airways from Sudan, the group of 11 people, comprising six males and five females, including two heart patients, one of whom was a 15-year-old Kasozi, landed at Entebbe International Airport at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday.
They were received by the Ambassador of Uganda to Khartoum, Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu, and the Head of Chancery, Dickson Ogwang, on behalf of Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Special Presidential Advisor on Special Operations.
While receiving the evacuees from the VIP terminals at the airport, Amb. Dr. Ssemuddu thanked H.E. President Museveni for spearheading the evacuation of Ugandans trapped in Sudan.
According to him, there are about eight Ugandans left in Sudan, mainly heart patients in intensive care and their caretakers.
The Head of Chancery at the Khartoum Embassy, Dickson Ogwang, said they are still expecting another group of Ugandans who opted to use the Juba route to arrive in Uganda.
“The compiled efforts of the ambassador to Khartoum and embassy staff, coupled with the availability of the internet, were the main reason many Ugandans returned home.” “We have one Ugandan who was shot and injured in the scuffle, but we are in touch with him; a bullet got stuck in his groin, and though it hasn’t been removed, he is steadily recovering,” said Dickson Ogwang.
He said two heart patients, Aidah Nabirye and Kasozi Martin, with worrying health status were immediately evacuated to Mulago Heart Institute upon arrival at Entebbe Airport to attend further treatment.
Among the 11 who arrived on Thursday was one support staff member at the Ugandan embassy in Khartoum, Richard Mayanja, who narrated his terrible ordeal of suffering after being trapped in the war. According to Mayanja, both water and electricity were cut off from the Embassy when the conflict intensified.
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