Uganda said it doesn’t need Trump’s lecture after kidnapping of American woman
By Herman Wong Herman Wong General assignment editor focusing on breaking news and audience growth Email Bio Follow April 10 at 2:00 PM Uganda doesn’t need a lecture from President Trump, a government official said on Wednesday in dismissing Trump’s warning that the African country may feel unsafe to visitors after the recent kidnapping of an American tourist.
On Sunday, Kimberly Sue Endicott of Costa Mesa, Calif., and a local driver and guide named Jean-Paul Mirenge Remezo were released from captivity five days after gunmen seized them in Queen Elizabeth National Park, a popular tourist destination west of the capital, Kampala. The captors had demanded a $500,000 ransom, and authorities said the tour company that organized the excursion paid an amount that wasn’t disclosed.
Ofwono Opondo, a spokesman for the Ugandan government, on Wednesday vouched for the safety of the country and said nearly 2 million tourists had visited in the past year without experiencing “that kind of incident.” President Yoweri Museveni had previously sought to reassure travelers, tweeting that “Uganda is safe and we shall continue to improve the security in our parks.”
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