The President directed veteran leaders to account for UGX 231 billion disbursed over the years under a 2009 arrangement that provided financial support to liberation war leaders, their spouses, and support cadres.

The governments of the US, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, alongside the African Union (AU), European Union (EU), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), League of Arab States (LAS), and the United Nations (UN), expressed deep concern over the severe humanitarian consequences of the war.