Under fire for threatening war against the
rebel former Vice President of South Sudan Riek Machar, President
Museveni said on Wednesday that he was not sleeping much, worried about
South Sudan which faces the prospect of a prolonged war.
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| President Museveni |
Speaking at the Golden jubilee celebration (50 years) of the
Universal Apostles Fellowship Church of Righteousness at Kirama in
Namwimwa sub-county, Kaliro, Museveni said that since war broke out in
South Sudan, he had kept monitoring the situation 24hours a day, to
ensure that Africa's newest country regains her sanity.
"I'm not sleeping... [I am] monitoring the crisis which is taking
place in the young country of South Sudan and I want to see that peace
is attained there," Museveni said.
On Monday President Museveni had said regional leaders would fight
Machar, if he failed to honour last week's demand for a ceasefire agreed
in Nairobi, Kenya.
"We gave Riek Machar some four days to respond, and if he doesn't, we
shall have to go for him, all of us in IGAD. That is what we agreed
upon in Nairobi," Museveni told journalists in Juba.
Machar, in a statement on Tuesday condemned Museveni's threats.
Machar and former minister Peter Adwok Nyaba also rallied on Tuesday
against President Museveni.
Machar warned Museveni against interfering
in the internal affairs of South Sudan as the conflict in the world's
newest country rages on. However, in the same statement, Machar welcomed
the regional leaders' call for cessation of hostilities but quickly
warned that the involvement of Museveni in the conflict could escalate
it.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Ndorwa East MP Wilfred
Niwagaba said: "But the reasons being given by the president are
worrying and disturbing because they don't portray the principle of
reconciliation. He should disqualify himself as a mediator ... he is
also putting at risk the lives of Ugandans in South Sudan."
MPs back Museveni:
However, MPs Tonny Ayoo (Kwania) Dr Kenneth Omona (Kaberamaido) and
Peter Ogwang (Eastern Youth MP) have come to Museveni's defence. At a
press conference yesterday, they said in making the war threat, the
president was communicating the regional leaders', IGAD's, position.
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