Moi speaks out on Migingo dispute
FORMERKenyan president Daniel Arap Moi has said his successor, Mwai Kibaki, should be the sole spokesperson on the Migingo Island dispute with the Ugandan Government.
By Reuben Olita
in Nairobi
FORMERKenyan president Daniel Arap Moi has said his successor, Mwai Kibaki, should be the sole spokesperson on the Migingo Island dispute with the Ugandan Government.
“The Migingo issue has been politicised with many different voices emerging bringing confusion as to who is really in charge of the country,†he said on Sunday at the African Inland Church in Mogotio near Nakuru.
“Why should we have leaders for sovereign states like Kenya and Uganda? They are the ones to lead the citizens and not any Dick, Tom and Harry,†Moi said.
He warned that the outbursts by leaders on the ownership of the disputed island would plunge the country into turmoil if left unchecked.
Meanwhile, Kenyan lands minister James Orengo declared at the weekend that he had no apologies to Ugandans as demanded by President Yoweri Museveni.
He spoke while addressing mourners at a burial in Kakamega.
Addressing Kenyan journalists in Entebbe last week, Museveni said he can only apologise to Kenyans, if Orengo apologised to Ugandans for referring to them as fisi, a swahili term for hyena.
Pressure had mounted from Kenyan leaders for President Museveni to apologise for referring to the luo of Kenya as mad.
However, the Ugandan leader said he had no apologies.
“If anything, it’s Orengo who should apologise for abusing Ugandans and calling them hyenas and the Luo youth for uprooting a section of the railway line linking Kenya and Uganda,†Museveni said.
In a separate development, a Kenyan minister from the Pokot community has praised the presence of UPDF soldiers on the common border, saying it had helped minimise incidents of cattle rustling.
Information minister Samwel Poghisio said cases of banditry had decreased, contrary to statements by some area leaders that the soldiers had done the region more harm than good.
Poghisio urged politicians to desist from issuing provocative statements which could increase animosity between the two countries.
in Nairobi
FORMERKenyan president Daniel Arap Moi has said his successor, Mwai Kibaki, should be the sole spokesperson on the Migingo Island dispute with the Ugandan Government.
“The Migingo issue has been politicised with many different voices emerging bringing confusion as to who is really in charge of the country,†he said on Sunday at the African Inland Church in Mogotio near Nakuru.
“Why should we have leaders for sovereign states like Kenya and Uganda? They are the ones to lead the citizens and not any Dick, Tom and Harry,†Moi said.
He warned that the outbursts by leaders on the ownership of the disputed island would plunge the country into turmoil if left unchecked.
Meanwhile, Kenyan lands minister James Orengo declared at the weekend that he had no apologies to Ugandans as demanded by President Yoweri Museveni.
He spoke while addressing mourners at a burial in Kakamega.
Addressing Kenyan journalists in Entebbe last week, Museveni said he can only apologise to Kenyans, if Orengo apologised to Ugandans for referring to them as fisi, a swahili term for hyena.
Pressure had mounted from Kenyan leaders for President Museveni to apologise for referring to the luo of Kenya as mad.
However, the Ugandan leader said he had no apologies.
“If anything, it’s Orengo who should apologise for abusing Ugandans and calling them hyenas and the Luo youth for uprooting a section of the railway line linking Kenya and Uganda,†Museveni said.
In a separate development, a Kenyan minister from the Pokot community has praised the presence of UPDF soldiers on the common border, saying it had helped minimise incidents of cattle rustling.
Information minister Samwel Poghisio said cases of banditry had decreased, contrary to statements by some area leaders that the soldiers had done the region more harm than good.
Poghisio urged politicians to desist from issuing provocative statements which could increase animosity between the two countries.