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The army board of
inquiry investigating the August 12 crash of three Ugandan MI-24 attack
helicopters which left seven soldiers dead in Kenya is expected to hand over
its report to President Museveni in two weeks. Sources close to the
inquest say investigators conducted interviews in Kenya two weeks ago where
they spoke to several Kenyan Airforce officers at the Nanyuki Base.
The ill-fated
aircraft set off from Nanyuki on the last leg of an itinerary which should have
seen them arrive in Somalia for combat duty against al Shabaab militants under
the flag of the African Union peace mission. Army spokesperson Col. Felix
Kulayigye yesterday said he did not have details of who has appeared before the
board and referred this newspaper to the chairman of the inquiry, Gen. Salim
Saleh whose phone was off. “I can only confirm to you that the probe is going
on.
But I don’t have
details of where they sit and who they have talked to,” he said, “the
methodology used is with the chairman,” But sources close to the probe say
a number of Uganda Airforce officers, including survivors of the multiple
crashes, have also been interviewed. With Uganda’s military is still coming to
terms with the worst air tragedy it has suffered in years, the Defence ministry
yesterday declined to say just how much the country has lost.
Source Daily Monitor
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