Bartamaha (Niarobi):-Somalia  has pledged to help Uganda investigate the cause and perpetrators of the bomb attacks in Kampala on Sunday which claimed 74 lives.

The Somali ambassador to Uganda, Ahmed Sayid Ahmed Sheikh Dahir, said: “We are willing to help Uganda. All Somalis in Uganda have been asked to liaise with the Government, when approached during investigations.”
He was on Thursday addressing the media together with the Somali first secretary, Mohamed Hassan, at the Somali embassy in Kampala.

Sayid’s comments come days after Al-Shabab militants claimed responsibility for the attacks. The Ambassador passed on condolences and sympathy to the Government, the injured, bereaved families and general public.

“The bomb attacks in Kampala were inhuman, barbaric and unacceptable. We strongly condemn them,” he said, adding that Uganda had provided security, protection and support to Somalia and its people and does not deserve to be attacked.

Sayid disclosed that he did not believe the Al-Shaba carried out the attacks but was quick to say: “We should wait for investigations to be completed.”

He said the messages from the people claiming to be Al-Shabab militants were contradictory, an indication that it may not be the militants who attacked Kampala. “That is not the way they operate,” he explained.

The Ambassador also added that the Al-Shabab was not comprised of only Somali nationals.

“The Somali people in Al-Shabab are young and do not have the skills and knowledge to carry out such attacks alone.”

Hassan confirmed that the Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed would come to Uganda soon.

The leader of the Al-Shabab, Sheik Muktar Abu on Thursday claimed responsibility for the bombings in Uganda and threatened further attacks in a new audio message. It was the first time Al-Shabab have claimed to strike outside Somalia.

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Source:-Newvision.

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