My reference to the withdrawal of foreign troops was specifically for the Ugandans, for the Rwandese, other than those who are serving in the UN, and for the M23. This is a guerrilla movement that is fighting in eastern Congo against the government in Kinshasa. These people have teamed up to corrupt the government of Salva Kiir.
Initially, Uganda came with the sense that they were invited by Salva Kiir. I think any sovereign nation has the right to do that, but when they now come and take part in fighting with the government troops, I think that is questionable, because they now take part in inflicting pain on innocent South Sudanese.
I also believe that Uganda, especially, is in South Sudan for economic reasons. I know for sure that by February Salim Saleh, the brother of Museveni, was awarded $70 million to supply the SPLA with food items. There is an economic interest there. Last year alone, South Sudan had a trade deficit of half a billion dollars in favour of Uganda. In South Sudan today all the food that is consumed in the mega-towns towns comes from Uganda. That's not a bad thing in itself, but if now this economic interest is taken in order to support the government and inflict more damage in the country, I don't think that's acceptable. So my reference was for these foreign troops to leave us alone.
Thank you.