The body of the fallen Minister of Internal Affairs General Robert
Aronda Nyakairima has been brought home aboard Emirates Airlines
Flight A330 from Dubai.
The plane touched the tarmac at Entebbe International Airport at
exactly 2pm, it arrival sending the grieving relatives and friends
into bouts of uncontrollable sobs and moans.
Gen. Aronda, 56, died of suspected cardiac arrest on Saturday,
Sept 12, as he traveled to Dubai from South Korea, where he had gone on official duty.
Ugandans will hold prayers for the deceased General at Kololo
Ceremonial Grounds tomorrow, before the body is taken to lie in state
in Parliament, where his colleagues will pay their last respect to the
former Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Army Member of Parliament.
Later the body will be transported to the deceased’s ancestral home in
Rukungiri, where a state funeral will take place. Gen. Aronda
Nyakairima is survived by a widow, Linda Kahoza Nyakairima and two
children.

The body was received by his colleagues in the army led by CDF, Gen. Katumba Wamala, Lt. Gen. Ivan Koreta, Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, and Gen. Elly Tumwine. Others included Inspector General of Police (IGP) Gen.Kale Kayihura and the Commissioner General of Prisons Dr. Johnson Byabasaija.

Brief personal history
Born in 1959, Gen. Aronda Nyakarima joined the National Resistance Army
in 1981, soon after leaving Makerere, where he studied Political
Science.
In 1986, after the fall of Kampala Aronda, then a Junior Officer One
(JO1) worked as an Intelligence Officer based at the Central Police
Station in Kampala. He served in various high-profile positions in the
UPDF including in the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) and as
Commander Division 4 before he was appointed Army Commander in 2003 and later appointed Chief of Defence Forces (CDF).

He has also represented the UPDF in Parliament since 1996 and was named Minister for Internal Affairs in 2013.

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President Yoweri Museveni and his Sudanese counterpart Omar Al Bashir have held bilateral talks, majorly focusing on security, trade and boosting bilateral relations.
The two discussed the ongoing peace negotiations in South Sudan and agreed that their countries have a crucial role in resolving the
conflict by contributing to the stability of South Sudan.
President Museveni, who is on a two-day visit at the invitation of Bashir told his counterpart that Uganda is now peaceful and on the
road to economic development. On his part Bashir briefed the President on the political situation in

Sudan and said both Uganda and Sudan have a lot of things that bind them together. The government of Sudan seeks to open a new chapter with Uganda in improving their bilateral cooperation and joint efforts with regard to regional and international efforts in solving the conflict between South Sudan factions.
The two leaders also discussed other areas of cooperation especially trade and exchange of goods. President Museveni, who was later hosted to a State Dinner at the Presidential Palace, is accompanied by the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development Muruli Mukasa, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Regional Affairs) Mateke Philemon and Uganda security
officials.

Previously, Uganda and Sudan have been at loggerheads, with both their leaders accusing each other of supporting rebels fighting their respective governments.
In the case of Uganda, president Museveni accused Bashir of supporting the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), while Bashir accused Mr Museveni of supporting the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).

But now the guns have gone silent, with the LRA fleeing from its operation areas in north and north eastern Uganda to the Central Africa Republic while the SPLM managed to secede from The Sudan in January 2011.
The developments, observers say, could have eased the mistrust between the two leaders, paving the way for a Museveni visit, the first in over 25 years.

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