Flavia Nalubega
29 July 2010
Kampala — Nine more victims of the July 11 twin bomb blasts in Kampala have, in the past two weeks, succumbed to the injuries. This brings the death toll up to 85 from 76.
A doctor attached to the national referral hospital, who preferred not to be named because he is not authorised to speak to the press, told Daily Monitor that eight victims died at the Hospital.
The other, Julius Tibenda, died on Tuesday at 1:30pm at International Hospital Kampala. The Mulago Hospital spokesperson, Mr Eliphaz Ssekabira, yesterday declined to confirm the figures, referring this newspaper to the police spokesperson or the Uganda Media Centre (UMC) for the official figures.
UMC boss Fred Opolot told Daily Monitor he needed some time to cross-check the information while police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba said she only knows 78 deaths.
Tibenda's body, plus those of the other victims have already been taken for burial by their relatives.
Whole burial
The identities of the other eight victims could not be obtained immediately.
During Tibenda's funeral service at Christ the King Church in Kampala, relatives praised God for the opportunity to nurse their brother and husband.
"Unlike others who were buried with incomplete body parts, for us we have nursed and buried him wholly," his relatives said. Tibenda, who was a site supervisor and manager of Toro Royal Cottages, was part of the crowd watching the World Cup final match at Lugogo.
Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for the Somali militant group al Shabaab, claimed responsibility for the attacks that left many grieving in Kampala. Reports indicate that the attacks are the first time that the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab has attacked sites outside Somalia.
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