Uganda Police has confirmed that the remains of one of their officers the late Christine Alalo who died in the plane crash, have finally been identified.
“We are working closely with the family to bring her remains back for burial,” police said on Monday.
She’s one of the 157 passengers on board the flight from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya.
Alalo a Commissioner of Police (CP) was working with the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as the Acting Police Commissioner and she was travelling from Italy to Mogadishu, Somalia when the incident occurred.
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302/10 March was on a scheduled service from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Nairobi Kenya.
The aircraft was a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and aviation regulators and airlines grounded all aircraft after the crash which was the second Boeing 737 Max aircraft to crash in the space of four months.
Early life and education
Alalo was born in 1970 to Stanley Etori and Jane Apubo in Kalaki, Kaberamaido District. She studied at Moroto Municipal Council Primary School up to Primary Five.
She moved to Teso where she completed her primary level at Swairia Primary School, Soroti District in 1985. She joined Tororo Girls’ School for O Levels and later joined Immaculate Heart Girls’ SS Rukungiri District.
Career
Alalo joined Uganda Police in 2001 as a cadet after graduating from Makerere University. She served as head of the Department of Child and Family Protection Unit in the Uganda National Police.
She had served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan as a Police Advisor in Juba Sector from 2007-2009.
She was appointed Deputy Police Commissioner on 9 June 2015 succeeding Mr. Benson Oyo-Nyeko.
At the time of her death, she held the rank of acting Police Commissioner under African Union Mission in Somalia AMISOM, serving in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Awards
2014 – EU Human Rights Defenders Award.
