Wednesday, November 07, 2012
The resolve by Uganda to pull country’s troops out of Somalia is feared could cost the new and fragile Mogadishu Government and possibly see the re-grouping of the Al-shabaab.
Uganda’s Premier speaking to Press TV says that after consultation with country’s regional partners including the African Union, Uganda will withdraw from regional peacekeeping efforts and that includes Somalia, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Uganda’s foreign Minister also described the lingering feeling that the Kampala regime was using the threat to pull out as a ploy to intimidate the UN, and that it would not withdraw from Somalia, as ignorance of what Uganda has done in the past and will still do.
The Ugandan troops are now on standby awaiting final communication from the commander in chief of the armed forces on whether to withdraw or remain in Somalia.
According to Uganda’s authorities, it’s simply a matter of time for the Kampala government to recall country’s peacekeepers from Somalia if the UN continues and adopts the report the East African country considers an attempt by the enemies of peace to destabilize the Great lakes African Region.