A directive from the Office of the president has directed for the immediate evacuation of Ugandans stranded in Sudan.
“The External Security Organization (ESO) boss Joseph Ocwet should pick up one of the Uganda Airlines planes and evacuate Ugandan citizens still stranded in Sudan.” Museveni directed.
The government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo, says the plane will fly from Entebbe Airport and land at Bahirdar Airport in Northern Ethiopia which will then be the exit route from Khartoum, which still has its airspace closed.
Ocwet, will be supported by President Museveni’s elite force commanded by Special Forces Command (SFC) commando unit under Col Asaph Nyakikuru Mweteise.
“Ambassador Ocwet has been directed to go with Uganda Airlines and physically pick Ugandans from Ethiopia together with Col Asaph Nyakikuru Mweteise of SFC at Bahirdar Airport in Northern Ethiopia,” Opondo said.
At least 300 Ugandan nationals, including diplomats, business people, students, and Hajj pilgrims that were en route to Saudi Arabia when the violence broke out last week are still stranded in Sudan.
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