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UGANDAN MILTARY VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAN JUBA

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  UPDF soldiers holding brooms as they march through Juba town  during Tarehe Sita celebrations, Tuesday. PHOTO: Kennedy Oryema When they were done, they left the places much better and cleaner than they found them, winning praise of the local people. Given the recent conflict, heavily armed soldiers, some with guns strung to their backs others with rifles dangling off their shoulders attacked piles of rubbish and garbage with various implements such as spades and cleaned them out. In some places they just swept. The rubbish was loaded on to waiting trucks to be dumped away. The exercise part of the numerous activities to mark the annual Tarehe sita (February 6)  army day which will be commemorated tomorrow a. In Uganda, national events take place in  Busheyi under the theme: National Consciousness and Pan Africanism the corner stone for African peace, stability and transformation. Several other activities to m