The survivors from the ill-fated Uganda military helicopters returned home on Thursday evening, according to our surveillance team at Entebbe International airport.   The Uganda Air Force spokesperson, Lt. Moses Omayo says that the African Union mission in Somalia organised their return flight to Uganda from Kenya amidst tight security.

The UPDF survivors arrived at Entebbe at around 4:10pm and they were received by the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakayirima and other Air Force staff. But most of the survivors are still not in good condition according to military sources at Entebbe Airbase, who asked not to be named because they are not authorised to speak to the press.

The three MI-24 helicopters went missing on Sunday evening as they flew from Kenya’s Nanyuki Airbase to Garissa on the way to Somalia to shore up the final attack on Al Shabaab positions.

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Uganda peoples Defence Forces in conjunction with US air force and Kenya are investigating claims that the Al Shabaab militants had a key role in Uganda’s crashed military war planes.

The three Uganda planes crashed down in Kenya forests on Sunday last week under mysterious circumstances. The Kenya rescue team on Thursday recovered the last four missing bodies of UPDF soldiers inside the burn-out wreckage of one of the three Ugandan military helicopters. The number of the dead soldiers in this helicopter crash was seven.

Sources within UPDF told our informers that US is aiding Uganda to investigate claims that the planes were brought down by Al Shabaab militants over Uganda’s involvement in Somalia war. The Al Shabaab fighters warned Uganda before it took its armies to Somalia that deploying her soldiers in Somalia would rub off the good relationship Uganda was enjoying with Somalia. President Museveni of Uganda, using his chair as president did not listen and took the Uganda soldiers to Somalia. The Al Shabaab kept on advising Uganda to withdraw from Somalia and president Museveni’s government kept a deaf ear. So the suspected Al shabaab terrorists had nothing but to bomb Kampala social scenes in which over 76 people perished and scores of others got injuries. Uganda government intelligence network although it tells people that the three planes crashed due to bad whether, inside its operations suspects foul play of the Al Shabaab militants.

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Even though the UPDF spokesperson, Lt. Col. Felix Kulayigye argues that the said planes were not gunned down but just had a hard landing due to whether, sources in military have it that the Al Shabaab intelligence very much followed the movement of the planes and they had to stop them before thus resulting into the said shooting down of the three Uganda Russian made war airplanes.

This is very much evident because it was only jet fighters which were gunned down and the so called cargo carrier reached the destined point inMogadishu.

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We hear that the president is using his usual presidential chopper and another small one we also hear it was donated to him by the former Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi.

The plane was reportedly given to president Museveni to help him move effectively during last year’s campaigns.

Sources says the civilian chopper Russian made moves ahead of the presidential chopper, clearing the way before the presidential chopper lands on ground.

It is said that the Last in northern Uganda when Museveni visited, the Russian made chopper would hover the sky hours before the presidential chopper landed.

By James Okello

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It seems president Museveni security is growing from big to big all the time. Incapable sources at statehouse tell us that the president is now using two euro planes whenever he goes to areas like northern Uganda where his support on ground is questionable.

We hear that the president is using his usual presidential chopper and another small one we also hear it was donated to him by the former Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi.

The plane was reportedly given to president Museveni to help him sweep the polls. The civilian chopper Russian made moves ahead of the presidential chopper, clearing the way before the presidential chopper lands on ground.  Last in northern Uganda when Museveni visited the area, the Russian made chopper would hover the sky hours before the presidential chopper landed.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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