South Sudan President Salva Kiir will Saturday fly into the country to meet his counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who has been a pillar in the signing of South Sudan peace pacts between Kiira and his opponent Riek Machar.
Kiira and the powerful rebel leader Mr. Machar have for some time signed peace deals which keep suffering heavy delays.
The last peace agreement was signed in September last year in Khartoum, Sudan in a bid to end 6 years of conflict.
However, this deal has undergone a major setback as Riek Machar’s troops and other fighters have since rejected to be incorporated in the major force loyal to the Commander in Chief (CiC) Salva Kiir as one of the key clauses in the treaty.
The Saturday’s meeting is scheduled to take place at Entebbe State House lounge where the two East African leaders are expected to address this matter.
Museveni has been a key adviser of Kiir and a major advocate of peace in the region.
A source at State House told this website on Saturday morning that the agenda of the meeting remains unknown but said “I think he will be here on State visit.”
Don Wanyama, the Presidential Press Secretary when contacted confirmed the meeting but said he wasn’t privy to the details.
“I am at the airport returning from Angola. I know there is supposed to be a meeting but I need to first consult protocol,” he said.
In July South Sudan’s armed forces and rebels were ordered to report to military camps, a much-awaited step towards creating a unified national army as part of a peace accord.
One of its biggest hurdles has been the logistics of creating so-called cantonment sites, where troops and rebels are screened, trained and integrated into a single force.
