Senior Ugandan officials were last evening holding a crisis meeting to thrash out details of a plan to host at least 2,000 fleeing Afghan nationals at the request of the United States.
The government was plunged into public relations turmoil after a top bureaucrat whom President Museveni briefed about the secret state-to-state arrangement, impulsively disclosed it to juniors.
Subsequently, the new State Minister in-charge of Refugees, Ms Esther Anyakun, confirmed to this newspaper yesterday morning that President Museveni had endorsed the deal, much to the chagrin of State House.
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