Christine Alalo

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Christine Alalo
Christine Alalo, 2015
BornMarch 21, 1970
Kalaki, Kaberamaido District, Uganda
DiedMarch 10, 2019(2019-03-10) (aged 48)
Bishoftu, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Education
Alma materMakerere University (Bachelor of Sociology)
OccupationPeace keeper
Years active2001-2019
Known forAMISOM, UNMISS
EU Human Rights Defenders Award, 2014
Awards
  • 2014 - EU Human Rights Defenders Award[1][2]

Christine Alalo (21 March 1970 – 10 March 2019) was a Ugandan peacekeeper and police commissioner, who received the EU Human Rights Defenders Award in 2014. She was one of the passengers killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.

Early life and education[edit]

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' Secondary School, in Rukungiri District.[3]

Career[edit]

Alalo joined Uganda Police in 2001 as a cadet[4] after graduating from Makerere University. She served as head of the Department of Child and Family Protection Unit in the Uganda National Police.[1] She had served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan[1] 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.[5] 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.[6][7][8]

Awards[edit]

  • 2014 - EU Human Rights Defenders Award[1][2]

Death[edit]

The ET-AVJ aircraft that was involved in an accident that claimed more than 150 lives near Bishoftu, Ethiopia.

On 10 March 2019, Alalo was among 157 people on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration number ET-AVJ 302 that crashed at Bishoftu, 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa. The flight was heading to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city.

All 157 people on board were killed in the crash.[9] On Monday, 11 March 2019, Uganda Police confirmed Alalo's death in an official statement.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "In memory of Christine Alalo". EUCAP - European Union External Action. 11 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b Atuhairwe, Robert (25 March 2019). "Christine Alalo gave Police a human face". New Vision. Uganda. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Yiga, Stuart (14 March 2019). "The life and times of officer Christine Alalo". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Big loss to Africa: AU mourns Police Commissioner, Christine Alalo". Eagle Online. Uganda. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. ^ "A new Deputy Police Commissioner joins AMISOM". AMISOM (in Somali). 3 July 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  6. ^ "ETHIOPIAN: Police commissioner Alalo is dead". The Independent. Kampala, Uganda. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. ^ "AMISOM sets 3 days to mourn Uganda's Alalo". The Independent. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  8. ^ "AMISOM holds memorial service for Christine Alalo". The Observer. Uganda. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  9. ^ Okello, George (10 March 2019). "Ethiopian Air Crash: All 157 passengers perish as identity of Ugandan victim remains mysterious". Kampala: PML Daily. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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