A former head of security for late Ugandan President Milton Obote, who was presumed dead, he has returned to home to Uganda after 50 years.
Vincent Obodo, 81, who had once headed the VIP protection unit at the president’s office, was reunited with his two wives and children on Friday.
His relatives had not seen him since January 1971 – when Mr Obote was overthrown in a coup led by Idi Amin.
Family and friends sobbed and cried with joy as Mr Obodo was escorted home by staff from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the privately owned Daily Monitor reports.
Mr Obodo, who had been living in exile in neighbouring Tanzania for the last five decades, told the state-owned New Vision newspaper that he was happy to return.
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Kenya sets the pace in use of tech to ease travel
Thursday January 28 2021
Summary
The blockchain-based clearance solution known as Trusted Travel, has been hailed by the African Union (AU), through its health agency, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) as a game-changer.
Kenya is the first country on the continent to use the innovation for efficient management of air travels, having been approved on January 9 by the Ministry of Health to help verify Covid-19 test certificates for travellers.
Massive changes have been implemented at airports across the globe in the wake of a pandemic that has altered the way we do things in virtually every aspects of our lives. Countries have been compelled to innovate to make airports and travelling safe and help in fighting the Covid-19 menace.