Uganda’s military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said that

Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to help President Salva Kiir to “secure it”.

The move comes as tensions escalate between Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar, raising fears that their fragile peace deal could collapse and a conflict could resume.

Gen. Kainerugaba did not give reasons for the deployment to the neighboring state but said that any move against Kiir “is a declaration of war against Uganda”.

He added on the social media platform X, we shall protect the entire territory of South Sudan like it was our own.