{"id":14200,"date":"2025-04-03T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=14200"},"modified":"2025-04-03T16:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:52:15","slug":"president-museveni-in-juba-for-talks-with-kiir-amid-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-in-juba-for-talks-with-kiir-amid-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni in Juba for talks with Kiir amid tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived in Juba on Thursday for talks with South Sudanese leader Salva Kiir, as tensions escalate in the world\u2019s youngest nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit aims to bolster bilateral ties and address South Sudan\u2019s crisis, which has drawn international condemnation following the house arrest of First Vice President and opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni was received by Kiir at Juba International Airport in what officials described as a working visit. The Ugandan leader later confirmed his arrival in a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI look forward to our discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation between our two nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"14202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-in-juba-for-talks-with-kiir-amid-tensions\/museveni-and-kiir\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Museveni-and-kiir.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Museveni-and-kiir\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Museveni-and-kiir.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Museveni-and-kiir.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Museveni-and-kiir.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Museveni-and-kiir.jpg 640w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Museveni-and-kiir.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni has been a key mediator in regional peace efforts, including brokering South Sudan\u2019s 2018 peace deal that ended a brutal civil war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The talks come amid rising unrest in South Sudan after Machar and some of his allies were detained. Their arrest has sparked violence in Rejaf, Wunaliet, and Upper Nile State. The government accuses Machar of plotting rebellion, a claim his allies deny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations, African Union, and regional leaders have condemned Machar\u2019s detention, warning it risks destabilizing the fragile peace in the world\u2019s youngest nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Sudan\u2019s government sought military assistance from Uganda amid the tensions. Uganda\u2019s Defence Minister Jacob Oboth told parliament that Kiir made an urgent request on March 10 for support to avert a potential security crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFollowing this request, the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Force (UPDF) was deployed on a peace enforcement mission to stabilize the situation,\u201d&nbsp;Oboth said, defending the move as aligned with Uganda\u2019s values of patriotism and Pan-Africanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni\u2019s visit follows a mission by Kenya\u2019s special envoy Raila Odinga, who met Kiir last week. Odinga claimed his request to meet Machar was denied and that Kiir referred him to Museveni\u2014an assertion dismissed by South Sudan\u2019s presidential press secretary, David Amuor Majur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe suggestion that His Excellency General Salva Kiir Mayardit requested Right Honourable Raila Odinga to meet the President of Uganda misrepresents diplomatic principles,\u201d&nbsp;Majur said in a Monday briefing.&nbsp;\u201cIt is essential to clarify that the Right Honourable Odinga\u2019s mission to Uganda was pre-arranged and not at the direction of President Kiir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editotr:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived in Juba on Thursday for talks with South Sudanese leader Salva Kiir, as tensions escalate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnmnZYvXwAAJNty.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2362,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uk-usa-beg-museveni-to-help-them-with-s-sudan-polls\/","url_meta":{"origin":14200,"position":0},"title":"UK , USA BEG MUSEVENI TO HELP THEM WITH S.SUDAN POLLS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"British and American diplomats have asked President Museveni to leverage on South Sudan leaders to hold election after the Ugandan leader proposed that only a vote can resolve the political and security impasse in Juba. 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