BET award winner and “Semyekozo” singer Musuuza Edrisah aka Eddy Kenzo has finally been able to return back to Uganda after being away from the country since March. Eddy Kenzo had gone to Ivory Coast for a concert but unfortunately the airport was closed off from passenger flights before he could return to Uganda.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that ,“A total of 56 Ugandan Nationals and legal residents who had been stranded in West African countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin,Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Niger, the Republic of Guinea and Cameroon due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been successfully repatriated.”
All the 56 Ugandan Nationals safely landed at the Entebbe International airport in the wee hours of today morning.
The repatriation flight that had Eddy Kenzo and 55 other Ugandans was the Uganda Airline’s 1st maiden flight to the West Africa region. For ease of movement, four assembly points designated hubs were identified i.e. Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) and Doula (Cameroon) to pick up persons in their respective locations.
Other categories of people on the flight including Professionals, Academics, students and businessmen/businesswomen who live and or work in a number of West African Countries were also aboard this flight.
The group was received at Entebbe Airport by officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, Uganda Airlines and Civil Aviation Authority..