Mbabazi flies to Khartoum
Dec 01, 2002
Defence minister Amama Mbabazi on Saturday flew to Khartoum over the renewal of the protocol which Sudan and Uganda signed to hunt Joseph Kony and his rebels in southern Sudan
Defence minister Amama Mbabazi on Saturday flew to Khartoum over the renewal of the protocol which Sudan and Uganda signed to hunt Joseph Kony and his rebels in southern Sudan, reports Emmy Allio.
Mbabazi is in Khartoum less than a fortnight after Sudanese president Omar el Bashir’s special envoy Mubarak el Fadil el Mahdi visited Kampala to assure Uganda of Sudan’s continued cooperation in the Kony hunt.
The UPDF chief of staff, Brig. Nakibus Lakara, and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) boss, Col. Noble Mayombo, accompanied Mbabazi.
The head of Sudan’s liaison team to Uganda, Brig. Ibrahim Izz Eldin, also accompanied the delegation.
“The delegation is to negotiate and work out the technicalities and details on extension of the protocol,†army spokesman Major Shaban Bantariza said yesterday.
At a press conference at the end of his two-day visit in Kampala, Mubarak was quoted as saying, “The protocol will remain as long as it is needed to finish the job.â€
Meanwhile, Felix Osike in Yei, Southern Sudan reports that a Sudanese People’s Liberation Army rebel commander has said the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels still have bases inside southern Sudan.
He has also advised the UPDF to change their fighting tactics if they are to defeat Joseph Kony rebels.
“We are not part of the protocol but I think the Uganda army should change tactics if they are to defeat the LRA,†the SPLA/M First Vice-chairman and Chief of General Staff, Salva Kiir Mayardit, said in an interview.
Sudanese envoy to Uganda Yousuf Hamid Surajuddin dismissed the allegations as “nonsense.†(Instead) SPLA is giving LRA arms. We are investigating.â€
Mbabazi is in Khartoum less than a fortnight after Sudanese president Omar el Bashir’s special envoy Mubarak el Fadil el Mahdi visited Kampala to assure Uganda of Sudan’s continued cooperation in the Kony hunt.
The UPDF chief of staff, Brig. Nakibus Lakara, and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) boss, Col. Noble Mayombo, accompanied Mbabazi.
The head of Sudan’s liaison team to Uganda, Brig. Ibrahim Izz Eldin, also accompanied the delegation.
“The delegation is to negotiate and work out the technicalities and details on extension of the protocol,†army spokesman Major Shaban Bantariza said yesterday.
At a press conference at the end of his two-day visit in Kampala, Mubarak was quoted as saying, “The protocol will remain as long as it is needed to finish the job.â€
Meanwhile, Felix Osike in Yei, Southern Sudan reports that a Sudanese People’s Liberation Army rebel commander has said the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels still have bases inside southern Sudan.
He has also advised the UPDF to change their fighting tactics if they are to defeat Joseph Kony rebels.
“We are not part of the protocol but I think the Uganda army should change tactics if they are to defeat the LRA,†the SPLA/M First Vice-chairman and Chief of General Staff, Salva Kiir Mayardit, said in an interview.
Sudanese envoy to Uganda Yousuf Hamid Surajuddin dismissed the allegations as “nonsense.†(Instead) SPLA is giving LRA arms. We are investigating.â€