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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 Aruu. I wish to thank President Gen Museveni for his intervention that got me out after seven days in jail.” ....
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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 their return journey after delivering fuel to Masindi port in Masindi district. ....
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 River region the duo was returning from Lira to Kampala after delivering fuel at Masindi port. ....
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 northern district of Lira taking fuel to Masindi Port in the midwestern district of Kiryandongo. ....