UN won't pay Uganda for choppers that crashed over Mt Kenya
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KAMPALA.The United Nations will not compensate Uganda for the three military
helicopters which crashed with ammunition and troops over Mount Kenya en
route to the African Union Peace Mission (Amisom) in Somalia.
The three helicopters crashed over Mt Kenya due to bad weather in August
2012, killing seven members and leaving several others injured.
"We do not see any positive indicators that the UN shall compensate us for
the loss of our helicopters. We have and still are trying to do everything
possible to get compensation of the helicopters," the Chief of Defence
Forces, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, told the press at the army headquarters
in Mbuya, Kampala, on Friday.
Gen Katumba said efforts by the UPDF to get compensation hit a snag after
the UN said the helicopters crashed before reaching the mission area,
Somalia.
"We have also made the claims through the African Union but we have achieved
little," he added.
He, however, said they have not given up the last hope.
Uganda had earlier shown optimism with the former Internal Affairs minister
Okello Oryem saying the UN had no alternative but to compensate Uganda.
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