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            Kenya Continues Search for 2 Missing Ugandan Helicopters

   by Gabe Joselow

   NAIROBI, Kenya -- The Kenyan military says emergency teams are
   searching for two Ugandan army helicopters believed to have crashed in
   central Kenya.  Poor weather is complicating the rescue efforts.
   Three helicopters had gone missing in Kenyan airspace Sunday after
   taking off from an airbase in Entebbe, Uganda, en route to Somalia.
   Kenyan military spokesman Bogita Ongeri said Kenyan rescuers reached
   one of the helicopters, after it made an emergency landing in the Mount
   Kenya area, and safely recovered all seven people on board. Ongeri said
   rescuers continue to search for the other two helicopters.
   "Up to now, the two, we have not sighted them but we are suspecting
   that they are at Mount Kenya and the weather is not very good, it's not
   clear, and that is what, to a certain extent, has jeopardized our
   operations," he said.
   Despite the challenges, Ongeri said rescue workers are determined to
   continue with the search.
   A fourth helicopter traveling with the others made a safe landing in
   northeastern Kenya.
   Kenyan authorities say the Russian-built MI-24 attack helicopters were
   being sent to Somalia to bolster African Union forces fighting militant
   group al-Shabab. Kenya and Uganda provide the bulk of troops serving in
   the AU force, known as AMISOM.
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