Museveni Apologises For Mukura Massacre

By Chris Osekeny Jamu PRESIDENTIAL candidate Yoweri Museveni has apologised for the death of the 69 men who suffocated to death in a railway goods wagon at Mukura railway station in Kumi district on June 11, 1989. Museveni made the apology during a campaign rally in Kumi district recently. "I have come to say sorry for the people who died here due to bad politics. There was confusion here. It was difficult to distinguish a friend from an enemy. People were locked in a wagon because there was no prison and they died of suffocation," he said. He explained that the movement had a solution to such bad politics by "amending the destruction of the past and forgetting whatever had happened." He gave an example of Omax Omeda, who he said fought his government but was now a state minister for health. He condemned the Mukura killings by the NRA. He, however, said that Ugandans had a lesson to learn from the incident. He said people should in future prevent such incidents from happening again. He asked the residents to re-elect him, to "amend the country further from bad politics." "I want to empower and transform Uganda from backwardness," he said. Over 500 people, who crossed from other camps to Museveni's, were introduced by Kumi boss hajji Umar Okodel. Ends