After the Commander of Land Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces

According to our sources, President Yoweri Museveni removed Maj. General Abel Kandiho from his position as head of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and replaced him with Maj Gen James Biriungi as part of these concessions.

It is alleged that Rwandan President Paul Kagame demanded that President Museveni remove Kandiho, which happened three days after Kainerugaba returned from Rwanda.

Again, Kainerugaba returned from Rwanda with a Ugandan Special Forces (SFC) soldier who had been held by Rwanda.

“I further thank President Kagame for honouring my request to release our SFC soldier, Private Ronald Arinda, who strayed into Rwandan territory on personal business without permission. I returned with him tonight to Uganda. Long live the friendship of the two countries,” Kainerugaba said.

However, the most telling part of their talks was what Kainerugaba described as Rwanda and Uganda’s oneness.

“I have been alive long enough to know that Uganda and Rwanda are one country! In exile in the 1980s, Me and my family were also called ‘Rwandans’. Only enemies would fight for our unity. Let us resolve these small problems quickly and move forward together as always,” Kainerugaba said.

Rwanda, in a statement from the Presidency, said: “President Kagame and General Muhoozi had cordial, productive and forward-looking discussions about Rwanda’s concerns and practical steps needed to restore the relationship between Rwanda and Uganda.”

In the past, the two countries have been at loggerheads.

Rwanda accused Uganda of supporting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an armed rebel group operating in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda National Congress (RNC), a Rwandan opposition group. The two entities, it is said, are both allegedly trying to topple Kagame.

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The Ugandan government has denied both allegations.

On Uganda’s part, Museveni accuses Rwanda of infiltrating Uganda’s security agencies with a prime eye on regime change, a claim that Official Kigali denied.

Now, a letter allegedly written by Rwanda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is circulating stating that the border between Rwanda and Uganda will soon be reopened.

According to the letter, the Gatuna border post will be opened on January 31st 2022 in accordance with the agreement signed by Kagame and Museveni on February 21st, 2020.

This agreement was made at the 4th quadripartite summit held at the Gatuna-Katuna border crossing between the two countries.

The agreement addressed alleged subversive activities practiced by both countries.

At the time of the agreement, it was accepted by both sides that after action was taken by both countries against said subversion, the facilitators of the agreement would convene within 15 days of the agreement to reopen the borders and normalise the relations between the two countries.

That did not happen then, but will happen now.

This recent letter from Rwanda says that free movement between the two countries shall now happen and will be facilitated in the context of Covid-19.

Rwanda, in the letter, says it looks forward to the normalisation of relations between the two countries as the common border post of Gatuna-Katuna is reopened.

If the border is reopened, the two countries stand to gain a great deal in terms of trade alone.

It was reported that, in just three months of the closing of the border, Kampala lost more than $664 million worth of exports to Rwanda while Kigali lost $104 million.