Reports Leo Odera Omolo

REGIONAL heads of state in the Great Lakes Region are due to return to Uganda’s capital, Kampala this weekend exactly one month since they were last there for another two-days crucial summit starting on September 7,2012 as they seek to find a lasting solution to the security in the DR Congo.

The meeting follows a presentation by Madame Louise Mushikiwabo, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Rwanda to the UN Security Council on August 27, 2012, disputing allegation that Rwanda is backing the M23 rebels led by one Bosco Ntaganda.

Ms Mushikiwabo’ presentation followed a recent rebuttal of Rwanda issued in July against the interim report by UN Group of Experts of DR Congo, which first made the accusation.

Rwanda’s presentation a the UN was preceded by a meeting between Presidents Paul Kagame and Mozambican President Armendo Emilio Guebuza, the new chairperson of the Southern African Development Community {SADC] I Kigali of August 28, 2012.

While concluding its 32nd summit on August 18, to propose urgent actionable steps completely in Eastern DR Congo, and for the consolidation of peace and security but also for SADC but also for SADC region.

The meeting in Kampala this coming weekend will review recommendations of the sub-committee of Council of Ministers of Defence who met in Goma on August 16th to propose urgent actionable steps to ensure that fighting stops in Eastern DR Congo and to allow for consolidation of peace, security and stability; {and to} provide details on the operationalisation of the neutral International Security Force.

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