AN Ethiopian, Geta-Yawkal, who died in the bomb blasts in Kampala last Sunday, used to tell his friends that he felt something bad would happen to him and urged them to take care, a high priest has said.
Bishop Aba Haileyesus of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church at Bbunga in Kampala was speaking to mourners on Friday during Geta-Yawkal’s funeral service.
Haileyesus described Geta-yawkal as a person who was jolly, hardworking and a strong believer in the church.
Geta-Yawkal, who was in his mid-thirties, was the manager of Mabira Guest-house.
In a related development, Rev. Fr. Tesfallen Kidane led a funeral service at Old Kampala community centre for six Eritreans who died in the blasts at the Ethiopian Village restaurant in Kabalagala.
They are Habtom Grmay Cebreedfu, Nardos Mebrahtu Mesfn, Kaleb Fekeste Gebremichael, Efrem Tesfghergsh Bru, Efrem Nway Kidane and Simon Yemane Ardemichael.
Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi sent a condolence message to the bereaved families and to the communities of the two nations living in Kampala.
The message was delivered by Vivian Oyella, an official from the Prime Minister’s office, at a funeral service at the Eritrean community centre.
The honourary consul of Eritrea in Uganda, Tesfalem Gherahtu, told The New Vision that he would accompany the bodies of the fallen Ethiopian and the Eritreans back home.
He said six Eritreans were undergoing treatment in hospitals in Kampala.
“Six others were flown back home after treatment,” Gherahtu added.
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We love you Efrem Nuway Kidane, you too young to die but I know you're in a better place. We will miss you very much. May your body and soul rest in peace.
A hard working individual who just want to have a better life for himself and his family have been taken his life away by evils. Senseless attack on innocent people. RIP Efrem and all the others.
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