Uganda has finalized plans to name a road after two foreign tourists killed inside Queen Elizabeth National Park by suspected ADF rebels.
The Minister for ICT and National Guidance, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi said on Tuesday that cabinet had passed a resolution to name one of the roads in the country after David Jim Barlow,a British citizen and his South African wife, Emmaretia Celia Geyer who were killed together with their Ugandan driver, Eric Alyai.
The trio where killed when suspected ADF rebels cum terrorists attacked their vehicle inside Queen Elizabeth National Park, shooting them dead and setting the vehicle ablaze. The park was first gazetted in 1952 as Kazinga National Park but its name was changed two years later in honor of the visit by the British monarch.
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