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Kampala. A cache of weapons and other cargo belonging to the UN have been held up at Vurra border with DR Congo for more than a month due to unpaid transport and customs fees.
Sources familiar with the matter told Daily Monitor that the impasse that has seen eight weapon-loaded trucks grounded at the border in Arua District of West Nile, about 345km north-west of Kampala, stems from millions of shillings owed to transporters and customs offices.
Sources said the delay in delivery of the weapons poses a security risk for both Uganda and DR Congo.
The multi-billion military consignment, sources say, also includes medical equipment, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and land rovers with the UN insignia.
This is confirmed by copies of manifests and agreements seen by this newspaper.
The military equipment which left Dungu in DR Congo on December 24, 2018, is destined for Agadir, a city on Morocco’s southern Atlantic coast via the port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
UN weapons stuck at Uganda - Congo border for over a month
It's going to be a minute.
Sources familiar with the matter told Daily Monitor that the impasse that has seen eight weapon-loaded trucks grounded at the border in Arua District of West Nile, about 345km north-west of Kampala, stems from millions of shillings owed to transporters and customs offices.
Sources said the delay in delivery of the weapons poses a security risk for both Uganda and DR Congo.
The multi-billion military consignment, sources say, also includes medical equipment, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and land rovers with the UN insignia.
This is confirmed by copies of manifests and agreements seen by this newspaper.
The military equipment which left Dungu in DR Congo on December 24, 2018, is destined for Agadir, a city on Morocco’s southern Atlantic coast via the port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
UN weapons stuck at Uganda - Congo border for over a month
It's going to be a minute.
