KAMPALA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Several Congolese who were accused of illegal entry will be charged in Uganda, following their arrests in Kampala, an official has said.

    Ugandan Minister of Internal Affairs Ruhakana Rugunda was quoted by the state-owned Sunday Vision as saying, "Uganda welcomes all neighbors, but if any of these neighbors is not law-abiding, the laws of Uganda will deal with him."

    Bwambale Kakolele, being declared persona non grata last August,was among the detained, who sneaked back into the country.

    The majority of the estimated 10 arrested rebel leaders were members of the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) rebels who were based in Ituri, a town near the Congo-Uganda border.

    Asked if they would be deported to Kinshasa, Rugunda said that deportation depends on "individual cases" as Uganda has no extradition treaty with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

    Six other Congolese rebels were arrested in February along withan American national, Peter E. Waldron who has been deported.

    Army spokesman Felix Kulaigye said of the rebels, "We have picked them and the courts of law will decide their fate."

    However, security sources said that Uganda has been angered following reports that the MRC rebels in Ituri and are now allies of the Allied Democratic Front, another group of rebels fighting the Ugandan government in the western region.

    "We have information that MRC is being supported by some peoplein Kigali and Goma," the source said, "We think the recent incursion of ADF rebels into Bundibugyo district is a bigger war strategy by the enemies of Uganda."

    In recent weeks, MRC fighters backed by ADF rebels have attacked positions of the Congolese army and the United Nations Observer Mission in Congo in areas along the DRC-Uganda border. Enditem