{"id":26916,"date":"2016-07-15T02:15:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T02:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/machar-fighters-killed-six-ugandans-oryem\/"},"modified":"2016-07-15T03:21:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T03:21:15","slug":"machar-fighters-killed-six-ugandans-oryem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/machar-fighters-killed-six-ugandans-oryem\/","title":{"rendered":"Machar fighters killed six Ugandans – Oryem"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Accodring to Oryem, some Ugandans were killed after being run over by a military tank belonging to SPLA-IO}<\/p>\n

Kampala-Foreign Affairs minister Oryem Okello told Parliament yesterday that out of the 11 Ugandans who have so far been killed in South Sudan, six were killed after being run over at Jebel Kujur, by a military tank belonging to the SPLA-IO, a force belonging to Vice President Riek Machar.<\/p>\n

While briefing the House on the situation in South Sudan, Mr Oryem, who described the situation in South Sudan as \u2018remaining tense\u2019, said the six bodies are yet to be retrieved because they are still in a territory being manned by Mr Machar\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as the situation relaxes, government will identify and return the Ugandans home,\u201d he said. He, however, said government is taking all measures to ensure the safety of Ugandans and their evacuation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of this morning (yesterday), 3,000 Ugandans assembled at Gumeo Market in Juba waiting to be evacuated,\u201d Mr Oryem said. \u201cFor Ugandans in other parts of South Sudan, particularly in Wau and Torit, government has advised to limit their movements and where the situation warrants, move to the UN compounds.\u201d Fighting broke out in Juba on Sunday between forces loyal to the President Salva Kiir and his first Vice President, Riek Marchar.<\/p>\n

Mr Oryem said government has received reports that Mr Marchar\u2019s forces are having an upper hand in terms of control and that Yei, a medium-sized city in southwest south Sudan, is expected to fall \u201cinto the hands of the rebels soon\u201d.
\nThat statement, however made MPs question why Uganda was referring to Mr Marchar as a rebel yet he is part of a coalition government.<\/p>\n

Compensation queries
\nThe MPs also asked government to explain whether Ugandans would be compensated for the loss in Juba.
\n\u201cFor these losses, how does the government of South Sudan compensate our people? It\u2019s not the first time our people have been killed yet we contributed so much in the attainment of their independence,\u201d Mr Mohammad Nsereko, the Kampala Central, MP said.<\/p>\n

Bulamogi MP Kenneth Lubogo said it was wrong for East Africa to admit South Sudan into the community.
\n\u201cHow can a country that has not proved to have a track record of human rights, failed to work with its neighbours to bring peace come into the East African Community,\u201d he asked. \u201cSouth Sudan doesn\u2019t want to show that they appreciate the effort Uganda has put to bring peace in that country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Security Minister Henry Tumukunde, however, said government\u2019s concern for now was to rescue Ugandans. He also said the country\u2019s borders to the north are secure.<\/p>\n

\u201cNational Security Council assessed the situation and made sure the situation in South Sudan doesn\u2019t spill into Uganda, especially regarding the flow of weapons.<\/p>\n

Masaka Municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga wondered when normalcy would return.<\/p>\n

\"UPDF<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

{Accodring to Oryem, some Ugandans were killed after being run over by a military tank belonging to SPLA-IO} Kampala-Foreign Affairs minister Oryem Okello told Parliament yesterday that out of the 11 Ugandans who have so far been killed in South Sudan, six were killed after being run over at Jebel Kujur, by a military tank […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99],"byline":[2481],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-26916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-daily-monitor"],"bylines":[{"id":2481,"name":"DAILY MONITOR","slug":"daily-monitor","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2481,"name":"DAILY MONITOR","slug":"daily-monitor","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26916"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=26916"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=26916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}