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Dominic Ongwen during one of the court sessions –Photo (ICC) “I ran to the world to help, rehabilitate and heal me but when I landed into its hands, it threw a rope on my neck,” that was the sentimental statement uttered by Dominic Ongwen, a former senior Lord’s Resistance Army Rebel Commander and now a convict, at the International Criminal Court on April 15th. And his sentence hearing is due on May 6th. Ongwen, 46, who was found guilty in February this year for a total of 61 counts comprising crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in Lukodi, Pajule, Odek and Abok in north...

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 ...

Police gives up efforts to search for Karuma bridge accident victims April 27, 2021 The scene where the fuel tanker plunged into the river Police says hopes of searching and recovering victims of a fuel tanker that plunged into River Nile at Karuma bridge in Nwoya district are fading due to high volumes of water.  The driver of the truck Alex Ogwal and Howard Obaro, a pump attendant attached to Shine Energy petrol station in Lira city plunged into the river when their tanker lost control when its braking system malfunctioned. The duo was on thei...

Karuma bridge accident victims identified April 25, 2021 The scene of the accident Police have identified the two victims of the fuel tanker that rammed plunged into River Nile's roaring falls at Karuma bridge. Alex Ogwal, 35, the driver of the fateful truck also a resident of Lira city, and a 21-year old pump attendant - all attached to Shine Energy fuel station plunged into the river yesterday Saturday afternoon after their vehicle's braking system failed.  According to Jimmy Patrick Okema, the police public relations officer for the Aswa Rive...

2021-04-25 11:30:27 GMT2021-04-25 19:30:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English KAMPALA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Two people were feared dead after a fuel tanker they were traveling in lost control and plunged into River Nile in the northern Ugandan district of Nwoya on Saturday, a police spokesperson said Sunday. Patrick Okema, Aswa regional police spokesperson, said in a statement that Alex Ogwal, a 35-year-old driver and Howard Obaro, a 21-year-old fuel attendant with Shine Energy Petrol Station crushed into Karuma Bridge and plunged into River Nile. He said the two were travelling from the nor...