NRAHEROES Captain Marios Katungi aka Suicide (RIP)

He was among the NRA fighters that attacked Kabamba on February 6, 1981. He guarded President Museveni in early days of the bush. Because of bravery that bordered on recklessness, he was named Suicide.

NRAHEROES BRIG PETER KERIM (RIP) R0/00054

Brig. Kerim joined the army in 1973 as a signaler and joined the NRA in 1981
On capturing Kampala, Kerim commanded the 19th Battalion, which later advanced till Nebbi in West Nile. He also served the NRA/UPDF in various command capacities. At the time of his death in 2012 Brigadier Kerim was the Deputy Reserve Force Commander
Whenever the cracking sound of machine gunfire fell silent in the battle trenches in Luwero, the NRA rebel bands always re-grouped to save the injured and bury the dead.
Yet it's these perilous encounters that emboldened Brig Peter Kerim's spirit. Those who were close to him during the Luwero struggle in the early 1980s remember the fallen comrade as a brave fighter whose war humour would morale-boost the troops at their most fragile moment.
"I remember him as a committed soldier, humorous and very composed in battle. He would crack jokes. He is one of the commanders I trusted; he was never involved in intrigue. He liked his job" pecos Kutesa

9 dead,155 houses burnt and several property stolen by CODECO militias in ITURI

A new attack by assailants of the CODECO militia, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, June 10, 2020, left at least: 9 dead, 155 houses burned down, several goats and valuables taken away, in the Lenga village of the chiefdom of Bahema Badjere, in Djugu territory.
The chief of this chiefdom who alerted  authorities this Wednesday June 10, specifies that among the victims, there are 5 children.
"It was around 11:00 p.m. that an attack by CODECO militiamen was reported. They had to kill 9 people, including 3 men and 1 mother, but also 5 children under the age of 13 and one very seriously injured man was taken to the hospital, "explains Richard Dhedda Kondo.
He continues that this attack, which would have come from the Gokpa and Ndjaudha groups in the Walendu Djatsi sector, has caused a generalized suffering in the region.
“The population is really in a rush since the night. Innocents killed, houses burned down and property looted, it is truly unfortunate for everyone here.
We fear yet another attack, ”he said.
This customary authority invites its population to remain "vigilant" to denounce any suspicious movement. Chief Dhedda also requests, from the military command in Ituri, the establishment of a military base in Lenga.
"The government must do everything to neutralize these negative forces that are operating in the region, especially in Djugu. The population needs to live in total tranquility, to live in security (…) ”he pleads.

Today will be final day that 141 Congolese pardoned in Kampala by Museveni will be repatriated in the DRC

141 Congolese nationals sentenced and detained in prison facilities in Uganda have been released following the grace measure signed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

According to the DRC embassy in Uganda and other info from our DESK, their repatriation to the DRC  is scheduled for two days, 9 to 10 June 2020 at the border posts of Busanza, Bunagana and  for the province of North Kivu and Goli, Wanseko and Ntoroko for Ituri province.

The presidential measure of grace is part of the follow-up of decisions and recommendations during the visit of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi to Uganda, in November 2019.

In April, 74 fishermen had also enjoyed freedom after presidential grace.

Yesterday,a handful of them were handed over to DRC authorities at bunagana.

Armed men capture the largest oil field in libya

The oil field has been under the control of the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives and forces of the Libyan National Army led by general Khalifa Haftar since February 2019, but restarted extraction activities only recently.
The Libyan National Oil Corporation has stated that its El Sharara oil field was captured earlier in the day by a group of armed men led by "so-called brigadier general, Mohammed Khalifa", who claims to be the "guard" of the country's southern oil facilities. It's unclear which armed group "Mohammed Khalifa" represents, but Tuareg and Toubou militias exercise control over the territories adjacent to the oil-field.
"[Armed men] asked the field manager to stop maintenance operations, unconcerned with the dire consequences act for the facility's equipment, which may cost the Libyan state and its partners money, time, and efforts, as well as to thwart the efforts to restore oil extraction to earlier levels", the statement said.
The National Oil Corporation said it ordered employees on site not to follow any orders from the armed men regarding the oil field's operation, saying it will be notifying the Office of the Attorney General, Interpol, and the UN of the situation, requesting assistance.
The oil field has been under the control of the Libyan National Army led by General Khalifa Haftar since February 2019 but started to resume its operations only days ago. The facility faced technical difficulties in restarting operations due to a long pause in its usage and decided to run maintenance to root the problems out. The NOC planned that in three months the El Sharara oil field, the biggest in the country, would be producing 30,000 barrels per day supported by western countries supported the ouster its long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives supported by the LNA controls a significant part of the country's east and north-east, while the UN-supported Government of National Accord controls the capital of Tripoli and the country's northwest. Tuareg and Toubou militias control territories in Libya's southwest, including those surrounding the LNA-controlled swath of land where the El Sharara oil field is located.

A citizen of the Islamic Republic, who allegedly provided the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with information about the whereabouts of the late top Iranian general , will be executed

On 3 January, a US drone strike, authorised by President Donald Trump, killed Qasem Soleimani and Shia militia commander Abu Mahdi Muhandis who both were in a car at the Baghdad International Airport.
Iran's judiciary spokesman has announced that a citizen of the Islamic Republic, who allegedly provided the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with information about the whereabouts of the late top Iranian general , will be executed.
"Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, one of the spies for CIA and [the Israeli intelligence service] Mossad has been sentenced to death. He gave the whereabouts of martyr [Qasem] Soleimani to our enemies”, Gholamhossein Esmaili told a televised news conference on Tuesday.
The statement comes after the magazine Newsweek quoted several unnamed sources as saying in late March that only a few people were in the know about the killing of Soleimani by a US MQ-9 Reaper drone in Iraq earlier this year.
According to the sources, Soleimani’s assassination was carried out in such secrecy that even the US military’s own spy satellites, the so-called “national technical means” (NTM), did not know about the drone’s position.
One of the sources claimed that there was “no GPS track on the MQ-9 Reaper as it made its way toward Baghdad International Airport, nor was there any indication of its flight provided to radar systems tasked with identifying friendly aircraft”.
Soleimani's Assassination
On 3 January, Soleimani, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force, was killed at the Baghdad International Airport in a US drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump.
Soleimani’s assassination led to a major escalation of tensions between Tehran and Washington , with Iran officially responding by launching airstrikes against two Iraqi military bases housing US troops.
The strikes caused no deaths or serious injuries, but the Pentagon has since reported that at least 109 US servicemembers have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.
Ain al-Asad air base was struck by a barrage of Iranian missiles on Wednesday, in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed atop Iranian commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, whose killing raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.
US-Iranian tensions have been in place since Trump announced Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, or
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) , also reinstating harsh economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic on 8 May 2018. Exactly a year later, Tehran declared that it had started suspending some of its JCPOA obligations.

NRA HEROES LT. COL. SERWANGA LWANGA. (RIP) R0/00053

Serwanga joined NRA in 1981 and while in the bush, he was nicknamed THE HORSE, because he would carry messages from the base camp and frontline and deliver them as fast as a horse or wind even through hostile communities.
When the former UNLA Commander, Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa became President after toppling President Milton Obote in the July 1985 coup, asked all rebel groups to join him. Even when all the other groups were willing to join the new government, NRA rebels refused the offer.
Lutwa then called for peace talks and NRA accepted. Nairobi, Kenya, was chosen as the venue.
Talks started on Aug.20- Dec 17,1985. However, rebels lacked information about these talks and there was so much propaganda, forexample, the rebels were told that their leader, President Museveni had agreed to a 50/50 share of posts with the government.
They therefore need authentic information and for his swiftness and intelligence, Serwanga was chosen for the deadly mission to Nairobi to get accurate information. Unfortunately, he was arrested at Busia boarder.
On December 17, 1985, a peace accord between the NRA rebels and the junta was signed. But Serwanga was still detained at the Nile Mansions, now Serena Hotel in Kampala.
In the second week of January 1986, a deal was concluded and Serwanga was handed over to the NRM external wing in Nairobi.
In the struggle, Serwanga served in many capacities and held many important appointments;
• Intelligence Officer
• Deputy Chief Political Commissar
• Acting Commanding Officer of the Task Force Black Bombers
• PPS
• Chief Political Commissar
He participated actively in the formation of Resistance Councils and Committees, and was part of the Constitutional Commission which sensitized the people.

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