“This is because we feel there would be serious disaster if we do not allow our people to cultivate now,” he added. Kiir said he was ready to travel to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to meet rebel leader Machar, even if the meeting took place soon after he met Ki moon. “I have assured His Excellency [Ban Ki-Moon] that I am ready now to travel to Addis Ababa, to go and meet with Riek Machar, if he will accept to meet me,” he said.
News of Rwanda liliendelea kudai kwamba wakati dunia ikishangilia kuanza kazi kwa kikosi cha kulinda amani nchini DRC,kilichojumuisha wanajeshi kutoka Tanzania, mahusiano kati ya Kikwete na Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa yalizidi kuharibika’ Lakini katika hali inayoashiria bayana kuwa taarifa za gazeti hilo “zimetiwa chumvi,” News of Rwanda lilidai kwamba mwezi Julai mwaka jana, Kikwete alimteua mtu aliyefahamika kama Zongo kuwa Naibu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa. Ifahamike kuwa Naibu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa ni Jack Zoka, na aliteuliwa kushika wadhifa huo (mpya katika muundo wa uongozi wa TISS) muda mfupi baada ya Kikwete kuingia madarakani kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 2005.