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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A group of over 200 men and a few women allegedly serving in various South Sudanese armed opposition groups have surrendered to the Ugandan People\u2019s Defence Force (UPDF).<\/p>\n The group\u2019s membership has continued to increase daily, according to the UPDF Division 4 Commander, Brig. Bonny Bamwiseki.<\/p>\n Brig. Bamwiseki said the Ugandan-Sudanese rebels\u2019 defections have been prompted by the ongoing army integration process, which is rendering South Sudan non-nationals jobless.<\/p>\n \u201cAs South Sudan\u2019s main army and the rebel groups are starting to integrate and become one army, our own Ugandans who were part of those rebel groups are beginning to come back, they are reporting every day,\u201d the Daily Monitor quoted Brig. Bamwiseki as saying.<\/p>\n \u201cWe requested the governor to come and we have a meeting so that we can plan how to give these returnees good and free passages back home,\u201d Brig. Bamwiseki.<\/p>\n The defectors are said to have been fighting alongside various armed opposition groups, including South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition \u2013 Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement\/Army in Opposition (SPLM\/A), and the National Salvation Front (NAS).<\/p>\n The City Review could not independently verify that information as Col. Lam Paul Gabriel, the SPLA-IO Spokesperson, could not be reached by phone by press time.<\/p>\n However, earlier this month, Col. Lam denied a similar incident after UPDF reported an unspecified number of armed Uganda youths recruited by SPLM\/A-IO and NAS to fight the South Sudan government sundered security in Koboko \u2013 a South Sudan-Uganda border town.<\/p>\n \u201cThe statement by Ugandan security is very tricky because they have not mentioned where the alleged rebels were based. \u201cSouth Sudan is large and also the border is big,\u201d Col. Lam told the Daily Monitor on October 7, 2022 \u201cFor us, we do not recruit people outside South Sudan, and for us, we do not recruit people into our system. Even during the hot war in 2016, we did not recruit.\u201d<\/p>\n Col. Lam questioned, \u201cWhy would Ugandans join our forces when they do not have an agenda? We are currently concentrating on consolidating the peace process only.\u201d<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kitab Unango Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A group of over 200 men and a few women allegedly serving in various South Sudanese armed opposition groups have surrendered to the Ugandan People\u2019s Defence Force (UPDF). The group\u2019s membership has continued to increase daily, according to the UPDF Division 4 Commander, Brig. Bonny Bamwiseki. Brig. Bamwiseki said the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,3625,2587,233,3624],"class_list":["post-26074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-brig-bonny-bamwiseki","tag-nas","tag-south-sudan","tag-updf"],"yoast_head":"\n