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KENYA–UGANDA: Migingo Island Row

KENYA–UGANDA: Migingo Island Row The dwindling resources of Lake Victoria are behind “Africa’s smallest war”. The Ugandan flag flying on a Lake Victoria island, at the centre of a dispute with neighbouring Kenya, was lowered in late April in a bid to calm diplomatic tensions, a Ugandan government spokesman said on April 28th. “In keeping with the spirit of East African Community cooperation [ EAC ] and integration, President [ Yoweri] Museveni directed, after consultations, that the Ugandan flag be lowered on Migingo island”, Fred Opolot said. “The nerves of Kenyans should be calmed”, he added. Tiny Migingo island, whose 500 residents live amidst lucrative fish stocks, became the object of escalating rhetoric and tit‐for‐tat measures by the authorities of both states in recent months. Migingo is much closer to the Kenyan mainland and most residents are Kenyan but Uganda has consistently claimed ownership and its security forces have been present on the island since 2004. Tensions began to rise when Ugandan security began charging Kenyans residency fees. Following bi‐lateral negotiations near Kampala in March, Uganda and Kenya commissioned a panel of experts to consult colonial‐era maps in Britain to determine rightful ownership of the island. Opolot said the panel had returned http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2009
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2009.02308.x
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The dwindling resources of Lake Victoria are behind “Africa’s smallest war”. The Ugandan flag flying on a Lake Victoria island, at the centre of a dispute with neighbouring Kenya, was lowered in late April in a bid to calm diplomatic tensions, a Ugandan government spokesman said on April 28th. “In keeping with the spirit of East African Community cooperation [ EAC ] and integration, President [ Yoweri] Museveni directed, after consultations, that the Ugandan flag be lowered on Migingo island”, Fred Opolot said. “The nerves of Kenyans should be calmed”, he added. Tiny Migingo island, whose 500 residents live amidst lucrative fish stocks, became the object of escalating rhetoric and tit‐for‐tat measures by the authorities of both states in recent months. Migingo is much closer to the Kenyan mainland and most residents are Kenyan but Uganda has consistently claimed ownership and its security forces have been present on the island since 2004. Tensions began to rise when Ugandan security began charging Kenyans residency fees. Following bi‐lateral negotiations near Kampala in March, Uganda and Kenya commissioned a panel of experts to consult colonial‐era maps in Britain to determine rightful ownership of the island. Opolot said the panel had returned

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: May 1, 2009

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