Two Ministers camp in Yumbe to settle Uganda- South Sudan border wrangles

By Ben Musanje

2^nd Oct 2023

President Yoweri Museveni expects a report from the delegation led by the two Ministers he sent to Yumbe and Moyo districts to settle Uganda-South Sudan borderline wrangles.

This follows reports of tension among Ugandans residing along the Uganda-South Sudan border after South Sudanese authorities claimed ownership of more than 20 villages in Kerwa and Kochi sub-counties in Yumbe district.

Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson says that two ministers, Huda Abason Oleru, the State Minister for Veteran Affairs and Dr Joyce Moriku Kaducu, the State Minister for Primary Education are currently camping at Yumbe to ensure that disagreements are settled.

Enanga says that the two ministers are with the Police Commanders, Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), LC Chairperson from both districts and Army officers and other security agencies, discussing the way forward of ensuring people in those areas.

He says that they expect a report from this delegation which will be handed over to President Museveni for a final discussion.

In 2009, President Museveni and his Southern Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardir met in Moyo district and agreed that farmers from both countries could utilize the vast virgin farmland along the border without any party claiming ownership of the land until the boundary between the two countries is redefined, which hasn’t been done.