Uganda government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo says there what he terms a slight problem with all the three borders with Rwanda.
Various reports emerged Thursday claiming that cargo trucks from Uganda had been blocked from crossing into Rwanda at Katuna border.
Opondo told journalists in Kampala, there is also a problem at Cyanika and Kagitumba as there is a tension between both countries yet they don’t know why it is escalating high.
“There is a slight problem at all the three border points between Uganda and Rwanda.” Opondo said
“I don’t know about the tensions being high, but what I know yesterday (Wednesday) at around 6pm, the authorities from Rwanda refused vehicles both private and public from entering Uganda. Uganda provides the everyday necessities of life. They even prevented their own people from coming to buy the daily necessities, he added
“If it was construction of the road “they wouldn’t have prevented their people from coming into the country. Our Minister of foreign affairs is in touch with the authorities of Rwanda,”
Mr Opondo further noted that by Thursday morning, Rwandan authorities had blocked even school children from crossing into Uganda for studies.
“If there’s any other reason beyond the construction works they have given, the honorable Sam Kutesa is in engagement and we hope that this matter will be resolved quickly,” Opondo told The Dailymonitor
Recently, Rwanda Revenue Authority in a letter addressed to the Commissioner for Customs at Uganda Revenue Authority on Wednesday, said heavy trucks would be diverted to other border crossings.
“We are considering reducing the traffic of heavy trucks to allow completion of the OSBP infrastructure,” read the letter signed by Ms Rosine Uwamariya, the Commissioner for Customs at RRA.
“In view of the above, Rwanda Revenue Authority would like to inform you that with effect from February 28, 2019, all heavy trucks carrying goods destined and those transiting via Gatuna shall be temporarily diverted from using Gatuna Border Post to Kagitumba/Mirama Hills border posts,” she added.
