South Sudan and Uganda Police Chiefs have agreed not to tolerate violence along the Kajo-Keji and Uganda border in an effort to return normalcy in the region.

Last week, over 50 people were killed and properties were destroyed over land disputes between communities in the Moyo District of Ugandan and Kajo-Keji County of South Sudan.

South Sudan and Uganda Police Chiefs held a joint meeting at the two countries border town to assess the security situation.

South Sudan Inspector General of Police, General Pieng Deng said the two governments should not be returning people to their countries.

:“It will be very unfortunate if we as a government initiate to transport people back to their areas of origin. Today we were at the border crossing point and we found out that it was not as before. It becomes a ghost town, I learnt before the crisis it was a busy place. Let’s hope that people will get back to their businesses and enjoy their normal life.”

The Ugandan Inspector General of Police, General Kale Kayihura said that the two governments will no longer tolerate violence at the border.

:“What happened here is very serious. The actual incident of violence apparently is that, there were grass thatched huts which were burned here by Ugandan groups and by the groups coming from South Sudan.”

The Central Equatoria Police Commissioner, Major General Henry Danima said the two governments will form a joint border police.

:“In this 7 crossing points, we have decided to organize joint patrolling on either side of our border. We also commit ourselves to exchange and share information and pass information on any suspicious groups moving across the border to attack us.”