By Bida Elly David<\/p>\n
Nyaingamuda village residents in Bori Boma, Central Equatoria State have raised concerns about Ugandan People Defense Forces’ deployment inside South Sudan.<\/p>\n
Youth coordinator in Bori Boma who spoke on condition of anonymity to this outlet said the presence of UPDF and youth have camped at Lowili stream in Nyaingamuda village, Kajo-Keji County.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe youth are currently stationed there together with their army. They are also erecting tents. There are also other two locations where the UPDF are scattered\u201d the source told this outlet.<\/p>\n
According to the source, the Ugandan soldiers and the youth are scattered all over Lomujing East and Meruwa West of Nyainagamuda villages.<\/p>\n
He claimed that the UPDF is distributing guns to Ugandan civil youth along the border, causing fear among the local population.<\/p>\n
However, the source said, there is attack so far but noted that the youth on South Sudan border side are on alert in case of any uncertainty that might arise.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also noticed that there are some guns that have been distributed to their civil population in those three locations yesterday. They evacuated the families of people living in those areas only youth are left,\u201d the source revealed<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kajo-Keji County commissioner, Phanuel Dumo confirmed the UPDF deployment in the area.<\/p>\n
He said the deployment followed arrest of 13 Ugandan youth by South Sudan youth after detention of a Kajo-Keji local chief by security in Yumbe district.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the 8th<\/sup>, our youth arrested some 7 Ugandans inside our territory. On the 9th<\/sup> six of them were again arrested. I was made to understand and said let them not beat them. I brought them and put them in the police for safety and provided food\u201d said the commissioner.<\/p>\n Dumo underscored that the arrest of the 6 Ugandan youths transpired after they are spotted carrying charcoals in a raksha (tricycle) by the Kajo-Keji youth inside South Sudan territory.<\/p>\n He added that the arrest of the Kajo-Keji chief over claims of selling Ugandan land to individuals and the arrest of the 13 Ugandans fueled further disagreement where the two governments resolved to meet.<\/p>\n \u201cWe resolved that the two communities of Yumbe and Kajo-Keji should meet in Lowili. On the 22nd<\/sup> we went but found that the Ugandans have changed the venue abruptly without our notice,\u201d Commissioner Dumo disclosed.<\/p>\n He noted that the deployment of the UPDF soldiers into the Country\u2019s territory was a political game for the illegal exploitation of natural resources by Ugandan government.<\/p>\n The Commissioner further said Uganda, and South Sudan border disputes have gone beyond his authority following the cross-border community disputes.<\/p>\n He suggested the need for intervention of the national governments of the two countries.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has now become difficult for a political will. The SSPDF and the UPDF committees have to sit down and sort out their difference particularly the recent deployment of the UPDF in the territory,\u201d Dumo stated.<\/p>\n \u201cIf that thing is not resolved and make the environment conducive then the holding of the second meeting will be very difficult because the venue of the second meeting is where the deployment is taking place,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Bida Elly David Nyaingamuda village residents in Bori Boma, Central Equatoria State have raised concerns about Ugandan People Defense Forces’ deployment inside South Sudan. Youth coordinator in Bori Boma who spoke on condition of anonymity to this outlet said the presence of UPDF and youth have camped at Lowili[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UPDF.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18093,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18091\/revisions\/18093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}