A Ugandan government delegation is in the country to renegotiate on how to compensate its traders who lost their properties in South Sudan since 2013.
The Ugandan traders supplied goods and services to the government of South Sudan but were not paid due to outbreak of conflict in December 2013.
In 2014, South Sudan entered into a mutual agreement with the Ugandan government to pay the debts owed to 22 companies, which amounts to around 45 million dollars.
However, it failed to clear the payment.
As a result, the Ugandan government agreed last month to pay, on behalf of South Sudan, but under some conditions.
“This delegation is coming to find out whether the payment has to start or the plan of payment to start,” said Ambassador Mawien Makol, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“This is a responsibility that we have taken upon ourselves and we are going to do it.”
Details of the Ugandan government delegates and the duration of the visit are yet to be known.