The decision follows a report submitted a week ago by the Head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC MONUSCO, Maman Sidikou that the country is at a critical juncture with rising political tensions ahead of the elections, which could lead to violence.
A six-month grace period for the unconditional surrender of the armed group the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) expired on Friday. The grace period was granted by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The United Nations has maintained a 19,000-strong peace-keeping and stabilization force in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, the largest in the world, but the instability in the mineral-rich country persists.
Six schools in Namayingo under the Universal Secondary Education program have been hit hard by the lack of funds affecting students sitting Uganda Certificate Exams.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Sunday attacked the United Nations forces operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo accusing them of squandering money but failing to flash out the Allied Democratic forces rebels.
