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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Democratic Republic of Congo representatives in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have boycotted a retreat of the members of the regional body that is being held in Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n

Mr Stephen Odongo, a Ugandan representative in the EALA said their counterparts were concerned about their security while in Kampala. They are said to have avoided entering Rwanda for the committee sessions of EALA on the same grounds.<\/p>\n

Members of the regional body were last evening hosted to a dinner by the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among at her residence in Kampala where she committed to have the speakers of the respective parliaments in the region develop standards to be observed members of EALA.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us have a meeting as speakers and agree on what should be done by our members who are in the community,\u201d Ms Among said.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the matter of boycott, Ms Among cautioned members against involvement in matters that do not concern them. \u201cDon\u2019t enter into wars that do not concern you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Among\u2019s remark was prompted by Mr Odongo when he raised concern about the boycott and called upon her to give assurance to the legislators about the state of security in Uganda.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the number three in the country, we would wish that you make a very strong statement of the state of our security to inspire confidence in our colleagues who are not here with us that this country is safe and we are here for regional integration,\u201d Odongo had appealed.<\/p>\n

The Speaker of EALA, Mr Joseph Ntakirutimana, said he was shocked when he received the communication from the DRC representatives that they would not attend the committee sessions both in Kigali and Kampala.<\/p>\n

DRC last year severed relations with Rwanda as the former accused Kigali of providing material support to the M23 rebels who have captured swathes of territory around North Kivu Province.<\/p>\n

Both the United Nations and the United States of America accuse Rwanda of reinforcing the rebels but Rwanda has vehemently denied the allegations.<\/p>\n

However, the relation between Kampala and the Kinshansa government appears to have been warm signified by the signed Status of Forces Agreement, which has allowed the Uganda Peoples\u2019 Defence Forces (UPDF) to hunt down the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group in the jungles of Eastern DRC.<\/p>\n

The same cannot be said for Rwanda which DRC government has objected to its deployment of the country\u2019s army as part of the East African Joint Regional Forces to fight the negative forces.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. The Democratic Republic of Congo representatives in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have boycotted a retreat of the members of the regional body that is being held in Kampala, Uganda. Mr Stephen Odongo, a Ugandan representative in the EALA said their counterparts were concerned about their security while in Kampala. 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