In August, President Yoweri Museveni promised that his government will compensate the victims and later compel the government of South Sudan to refund the money to Uganda government
The municipal council proposed that sugarcane planting be limited to places near the main roads within the three divisions of the Central, Nyenga and Wakisi. The council also proposed complete abolition of sugar growing in the central division and in the areas next to the trading centres of the two divisions citing under development and insecurity in the area.
