Security agencies in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday held cross border meetings aimed at promoting peace between both countries.

Top on the agenda at the meeting was finding ways of preventing locals from using porous borders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 

“With COVID-19, we need to avoid the use of porous border entry points to avoid the transmission and spread of the disease that could cause security threats,” Elly Maate, the Kigezi region police spokesperson said. 

The meeting held on Wednesday at Safari homestay hotel in Kisoro was attended by the second division commander Maj Gen Francis Takirwa, Cpt Peter Mugisha, the Kisoro resident district commissioner and MPs of the region. 

Other officials were from police, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda Revenue Authority, Immigration, among others.