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Subject: Bundibugyo mourns slain Nkayarwa


            Bundibugyo mourns slain Nkayarwa

            The 18th NRM celebrations in Bundibugyo nearly flopped after residents leant that Major George Nkayarwa had died in a Pader rebel ambush, reports Frank Kibulya. 

            Wananchi at the poorly attended celebrations at Boma Grounds struggled to contain tears as speakers paid tribute to Nkayarwa, describing him as a hero. 

            The district chairman, Jackson Bambalira, told a crowd of bewildered women and children that Major Nkayarwa helped recapture Bundibugyo from ADF rebels in 1997. 

            "We have lost a courageous son of the soil. He selflessly fought to drive ADF rebels from this town. The rebels had temporarily captured it. Even now some of us have been channelling our problems to top UPDF leadership through him. I can tell you sincerely that I am reluctantly here and shaken," Bambalira said. 

            District Woman! MP Jane Alisemera said she was saddened by the death of Nkayarwa at such a "tender age." 

            She said women in Bundibugyo had lost a son who made them proud of giving birth. 

            "As mothers this is a terrible loss. It makes mothers proud to give birth to a son like major Nkayarwa. He saved us from ADF invasion. Where shall we get a replacement? We have only a few officers in UPDF," she said. 


            Published on: Friday, 30th January, 2004
           
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Gook 

"The strategy of the guerilla struggle was to cause maximum chaos and destruction in order to render the government of the day very unpopular"
Lt. Gen. Kaguta Museveni (Leader of the NRA guerilla army in Luwero)


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