The commander of the Military in Uganda, Mohuzi Kenerugaba, said that Uganda deployed special forces in the capital of southern Sudan, Juba, to help President Salva Kiir “secure it.”
The move comes at a time when tensions between Kiir and his deputy Rick Maher escalate, raising fears that the fragile peace deal will fade and can resume the conflict.
General Kenerugaba did not provide reasons for publication in the neighboring country, but he said that any step against Kiir “is a declaration of war against Uganda.”
“We will protect the entire lands of South Sudan as if it were our king,” He added on the social media platform x.
The government of South Sudan has not yet commented on the publication.
Anxiety over the security situation in South Sudan is escalating, as the United States ordered on Saturday to evacuate all its unnecessary employees from the country.
Last week, the security forces, vice president and ministers – were arrested by all MACHAR allies – which an opposition spokesman called a “serious violation” of the peace deal.
Since then, one of the ministers has been issued.
The arrests followed clashes in the state of the Alawite Nile between government forces and the militia known as the White Army.
She fought alongside Machar during the civil war that broke out in 2013 after the power struggle between him and Kiir.
This led to heavy fighting in Juba, with Machar accused of planning a coup.
Machar denied this claim, but South Sudan and then fell into a civil war that killed more than 400,000 people.
The 2018 power-sharing agreement was suspended between the two of the fighting, but the main elements of the deal were not implemented-including a new constitution, election and reunification of armed groups into one army.
