Buses abandon Kitgum road as MTN moves in
By John Muto-Ono p�Lajur
Kitgum district is now on MTN�s mobile phone network.The district will be officially switched on over the weekend.
However, many passengers were by yesterday still stranded at Gulu Bus Park as bus operators suspended services between Gulu and Kitgum.
Operators cited intensified rebel ambushes along the 100km stretch between the two towns.
Kitgum LC-V Chairman, Nahaman Ojwee told The Monitor, Nov. 26, that more than 30 people have been killed and 15 vehicles destroyed in two months.
Eleven people were killed on Nov. 11 when an Otada bus was ambushed.
Bus services have been suspended since Nov. 14. ANNK, the second bus company plying the route, has also suspended services.
Ojwee wants the army to resume convoys to protect travellers-- especially between Aswa River Bridge (48kms) and Acholibur (80kms).
�It is very difficult to explain to the people. We hhave lost very useful citizens along this stretch,� he said.
November 26, 2002 23:21:12
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