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Moses Asiku, the assistant manager of Eco bus, says more people are waiting for transport to leave Juba on a daily basis.
Several Ugandans are still returning home from Juba following weeks of intense fighting in South Sudan.
The Ugandans who missed the general evacuation exercise undertaken by the Uganda Peoples Defence forces-UPDF are now using public transport to come home. UPDF repatriated up to 50,000 civilians.
Moses Asiku, the assistant manager of Eco bus, one of the buses now plying the Kampala-Juba route, says more people are waiting for transport to leave Juba on a daily basis. Eco bus made a return journey to Juba on Monday with 20 passengers on board.
Asiku says that although the bus is almost empty when leaving Kampala for Juba, the shortfall is covered through the return leg when it's filled to capacity. The bus, which carries 49 passengers, has brought home more than 200 passengers over the last four days.
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Cue out:.......................to south Sudan"//
James Asea, a Ugandan who returned home on Wednesday says that although violence has subsided, South Sudan, the security situation remains volatile.
Michael Okema, the LCIII chairperson of Elegu says that on a daily basis between 10-50 people cross the border using public means.
The latest fighting in South Sudan broke out on 8 July between rival factions loyal to President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar.
South Sudan's conflict, which erupted in December 2013, has produced one of the world's worst displacement situations with immense suffering. More than 1.69 million people are displaced internally within South Sudan while outside the country there are now 831,582 South Sudanese refugees, mainly in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Uganda.
The Ugandans who missed the general evacuation exercise undertaken by the Uganda Peoples Defence forces-UPDF are now using public transport to come home. UPDF repatriated up to 50,000 civilians.
Moses Asiku, the assistant manager of Eco bus, one of the buses now plying the Kampala-Juba route, says more people are waiting for transport to leave Juba on a daily basis. Eco bus made a return journey to Juba on Monday with 20 passengers on board.
Asiku says that although the bus is almost empty when leaving Kampala for Juba, the shortfall is covered through the return leg when it's filled to capacity. The bus, which carries 49 passengers, has brought home more than 200 passengers over the last four days.
//Cue in: "the bus comes back.......................
Cue out:.......................to south Sudan"//
James Asea, a Ugandan who returned home on Wednesday says that although violence has subsided, South Sudan, the security situation remains volatile.
Michael Okema, the LCIII chairperson of Elegu says that on a daily basis between 10-50 people cross the border using public means.
The latest fighting in South Sudan broke out on 8 July between rival factions loyal to President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar.
South Sudan's conflict, which erupted in December 2013, has produced one of the world's worst displacement situations with immense suffering. More than 1.69 million people are displaced internally within South Sudan while outside the country there are now 831,582 South Sudanese refugees, mainly in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Uganda.
