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Four Kenyan long-distance cargo truck drivers and two turn-men have reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen at Terekeka town in South Sudan, media reports in Uganda indicate. The town is located on the Western bank of the Nile, 53 miles North of the capital Juba, the Daily Monitor adds. It is said the kidnappers are demanding 15 million South Sudan pounds in exchange for the freedom of the captives. Besides the Kenyans, a Ugandan truck driver identified as Vincent Mulika, alias Kamanda, is battling for his life at Juba Referral Hospital after he was allegedly beaten into coma by mil...

Daily Monitor Sunday May 02 2021 Summary Aruu County MP Samuel Odonga Otto lost his seat to Independent candidate Christopher Komakech in the just concluded elections. The long-serving MP has also been in and out of police cells since then, and blames his woes on Deputy Inspector General of Police, Gen Paul Lokech, who he says is trying to finish him off politically to protect his relative. Advertisement At 6:36pm on March 30, outgoing Aruu County MP Samuel Odonga Otto tweeted: “Deputy IGP [Inspector General of Police] Paul Lokech is politically persecuting me having got his son elected MP ...

For years, the sugar industry has been booming until last year when a trade war with Kenya led to the sugar exports earnings deteriorating from Shs42.3b to 27.3b

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Daily Monitor Saturday May 01 2021 Vincent Mulika alias Kamanda, the Uganda cargo truck driver allegedly beaten at Terekeka checkpoint in South Sudan, receives treatment at the hospital. Photo | Courtesy Summary He becomes the latest Ugandan truck driver to fall victim of the attacks along the Nimule-Juba highway which are mainly targeting foreign cargo drivers from the neighbouring East African countries plying the route. The highway is a lifeline for South Sudan, which imports almost everything, and for people travelling to Uganda. Advertisement A Ugandan truck driver identified as Vincent ...