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Witness History

The 2010 Kampala bombings

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In July 2010, two bombs went off at a rugby club in Uganda's capital Kampala. It was where hundreds had gathered to watch the football World Cup final.

The attack killed 74 people and injured 85 others.

The militant Islamist group al-Shabab staged the attack, as revenge for Uganda's efforts to fight it in Somalia.

Kuddzu Isaac, who witnessed the explosions, tells George Crafer the graphic details of what he saw.

(Photo: The moment after the blasts, survivors look on in shock. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:04.7

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:08.5

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0:29.7

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. Hello you're listening to the witness history podcast with me George

0:44.4

Crafer. It's July 11th 2010 in Spain are tied with the Netherlands

0:48.8

nil-Neil in a tense World Cup final. With 10 minutes of the match remaining, a bomb goes off at the popular Chodondo Rugby Club in Central

0:57.3

Kampala, the capital of Uganda, where hundreds of football fans have gathered to watch the

1:01.8

match. The numbers were huge.

1:07.0

Music was blaring out loud, people were happy.

1:10.0

It was a Jovio typical World Cup final atmosphere.

1:16.8

It was the World Cup, the time of the World Cup,

1:18.7

and you know the sensations and the emotions

1:20.5

that football does get to people. In 2006 the radical Islamist

1:26.2

organization al-Shabaab had emerged to control war-torn Somalia. The

1:31.2

following year, Ugandan forces enter the country with the backing of the United Nations to fight the group.

1:38.0

By 2010, a serious threat of revenge by al-Shabaab loomed over Uganda.

1:43.4

But Kudu Isaac, a 31-year-old radio presenter was too busy with his day job to think about politics.

1:54.0

And here's a taste of what his show sounded like.

1:58.0

Yo, it's your boy kudu behind this microphone and of course

2:03.0

sparkler because man the X drive just got blacked off.

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