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The body of 53-year-old Simegnew Bekele (Eng.), Chief engineer, speaker and public figure of the newly erased Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (ORF), will be deposed on Sunday, July 29, 2018. [19659002] TRAGIC END TO CELEBRATED ENGINEER "data-entity-type =" file "data-entity-uuid =" a92c7d4a-c0b0-4ee5-a295-5b026d006e2b "src =" http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/sites/default/ files / inline-images / news-front2.jpg "clbad =" align-center "/>
He was found dead in his vehicle on Meskel Square in Addis Ababa on July 26, 2018 early in the morning. The body of Simegnew was discovered inside his Toyota Land Cruiser V8; plate number AA, code 3, A29722 with the engine running
The place where his corpse was discovered is a place where the morning joggers frequent.The vehicle was also parked at a place where the cross-country buses load and unload. The journalist [19] 459008] saw that Simegnew wore a scarf and a baseball cap when he was found.
According to the Commissioner General of the Federal Police Zeinu Jemal, Simegnew's vehicle was seen at the scene of the crime at 8:30 am and apparently he was registered in his office around 7:30 am. But it was at 10:57 in the morning that the crime scene was marked by yellow stripes. A few minutes later, his body was rushed to St. Paul's Hospital for autopsy.
At a press conference he gave in the afternoon, the commissioner also revealed that police had discovered a gun in the right side of the deceased, although the Injury of ball entry was on the left side of the neck.
Simegnew was in Addis Ababa to inform reporters about the current state of the GERD project that was prevalent on social media for delaying and will not be completed on schedule. He was also to take journalists for a visit to the project site
The project that was causing tension between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia is still ongoing. the process of discussion between these countries. In April 2018, the three-country roundtable held in Khartoum resulted in disagreement
The GERD project has now reached a rate of 65%. the completion is contracted by the Italian company Salini-Impregilo; while his electromechanical work is part of the military industrial complex – Metal and Engineering Corporation (MeTEC).
Simegnew, Civil Engineer from the University of Addis Ababa, has also held the position of Senior Project Leader of GERD since its launch in 2011. He also held the position deputy project director and project manager at Gilgel Gibe I and Gilgel Gibe II Dam, respectively. He was born on September 13, 1964 in a small town called Makesegnet in Gondar.
He completed his primary and secondary studies in Gonder. In the end, he joined the University of Addis Ababa and graduated in 1997. He then started his carrier at the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation. Over the past 32 years, Simegnew has worked as a teacher, chief engineer, project coordinator, project manager and CEO. wife and three children.
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