Defiant Kenyan Community Leaders Take On Responsibilities of Their Failed Consulate in Lebanon. It is 8:15 p.m. on a Tuesday night when Diana’s phone rings. The free power provided by the Lebanese Government was cut a couple of hours ago, so we sit in darkness, the small room illuminated by the.
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 military and immigration officials in South Sudan.
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.
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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 the military and immigration officials in South Sudan.