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Some of the Ugandans who had been held captive by rebels in Myanmar have been freed, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has said.
Government earlier this year said a number of Ugandans who had been trafficked from Uganda for work abroad ended up in rebel controlled areas in Myanmar.
Updating the country on the matter yesterday, Derrick Basalirwa Kigenyi, the deputy national coordinator for trafficking in persons said after negotiations with the Myanmar government, some of the Ugandans were released.
He said these Ugandans who had been held captive in Myanmar have been released in phases.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs official said on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Kampala, officials from both governments held talks leading to the release of some of the captives.
Government last year said these had been recruited by a group of Ugandans living here and others in Dubai and Thailand for work but ended up in Myanmar under unclear circumstances. End