Following the demise of 12 UPDF soldiers serving in Somalia under AMISOM on the 30th July 2017, the UPDF leadership has finalized plans to have their remains airlifted back home for a decent burial.
The plane carrying the caskets of the deceased will touch down Entebbe international airport at exactly 1330Hrs.
Th Deputy CDF Lt Gen Wilson Mbadi and other UPDF and Ministry of Defence senior officials will be present.
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