Inset: DR Congo's President Joseph Kabila. Police in western Uganda's
Kasese District announced the arrest of over 130 Congolese nationals for
illegal entry on July 2, 2017. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Police in western Uganda's Kasese District are holding over 130 Congolese nationals for illegal entry.
Authorities
say the Congolese entered Uganda and stayed at Kayanja, on the shores
of Lake George, without proper clearance from the migration office.
The
suspects had allegedly illegally processed Uganda national
identification cards during the general voters’ registration, which most
of them used to beat the border scrutiny.
“We had been
suspicious as security officers in Uganda that some criminals may take
advantage and use the lake shores to enter Uganda without clearance.
Politically unstable
"Our
neighbouring country is politically unstable, which puts us on tension
that they may take advantage,” Mr Vincent Mwesigye, the local Bwera
division police boss, said.
Mr Mwesigye explained that,
police and the immigration office Mpodwe lhubirugha at the Uganda-DR
Congo border, conducted an operation on Friday at Kayanja landing site
where they suspected most Congolese nationals and other cross-border
criminals to have entered Uganda through Lake George.
“Cross border crimes are always common in this place of Kayanja, which keeps us suspicious” Mr Mwesigye added.
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