President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today held a Meeting with Salva Kiir of South Sudan where they discussed issues of mutual interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting was held at State House-Entebbe and attended by Uganda’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Henry Okello Oryem, and ESO Director General Ambassador Joseph Ocwet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The South Sudan delegation included Hon. Barnaba Marial Benjamin -Minister of Presidential Affairs, Hon. Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro- Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Hon. Dr. James Pitia Morgan- Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It Should be noted that recently Fear gripped many Ugandans residing along the Uganda-South Sudan border, as South Sudanese authorities assert their claim over more than 20 villages in Kerwa and Kochi sub-counties within Yumbe district<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The affected households are in Kaboro A, Keriwa, Kaboro B, Tiria, Sokokobidri, Pasara, Junjubita, Mafuu, Ujuruko, Milia, Koloro, Woroworo, Oloko and Tinji villages all in Kerwa sub-county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, in Kochi sub-county, the villages that are being claimed by South Sudanese authorities include Fitina Mbaya, Alema, Milia, Feyo, and Gobiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Gale, the LC 3 vice chairperson for Kerwa sub-county, explains that over the past few months, South Sudanese authorities have been forcibly allocating land to their people in the affected villages deep inside Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n