Locals still waiting for goodies promised under UN-supported deal

UN deal

Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and Yoweri Museveni when they signed the UN deal in 2019.FILE PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI 

A deal between Uganda and Kenya to promote cross-border communities from conflict zones to peace and development hubs remains hanging due to the resurgent insecurity.

According to security sources, there are about 500 illegal guns still in the hands of the warriors, a situation the army and local leaders say now demands “forceful disarmament.”