President Yoweri Museveni has assured widows and orphans of the recent Uganda Air-Force helicopter crash victims that the Uganda People’s Defence Forces and the Government of Uganda, will look after them within the limited means and asked them not to be anxious on that scope.
The President who was this morning meeting the widows and orphans of the 7 bereaved families at State House, Entebbe, consoled and expressed condolences to them. He consoled each bereaved family with Shs.10 million to help them at the moment.
The Air-Force personnel lost their lives on Sunday August 11, when three helicopters they were travelling in that were destined for the AU sponsored AMISOM operations in Somalia crashed into Mt. Kenya.
“The government will pay for the education of the children and the widows will be helped in ways that can make them earn money on their own. The families of the fallen UPDF officers should reside in the UPDF quarters until government will make arrangements to relocate them”, he said.