Raila Odinga to meet Uganda President Museveni over Migingo row

By Allan Obiero,

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is scheduled to meet Uganda President Yoweri Museveni over consistent harassment of Kenyan fishermen at Mig...

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Six Kenyan fishermen detained in Uganda

By George Juma,

Six Kenyan fishermen are currently detained at Vuvumai in Uganda after they were arrested while on a fishing expedition in Lake Victoria. According...

fishermen , lake victoria , President Yoweri Museveni , uganda

BWIRE: Migingo row a product of Kenya’s fishing sector neglect

By Victor Bwire,

The perennial tensions between Kenya and Uganda over the Migingo Island have nothing to do with a boundary dispute, but neglect of the fishing sector ...

Kenya Uganda dispute , Migingo feud , Migingo Island , Migingo row

Uganda shuts down first Kenyan school in Migingo Island

By George Juma,

Ugandan authorities have forcefully closed the first and only Kenya nursery school which was recently started following a collaboration between the of...

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Property worth millions burnt down in Migori

By George Juma,

Property worth millions was on Saturday, February 24,  destroyed after fire broke out at a motorcycle spare parts and repair shop in Sori town, Migor...

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Uhuru revives Migingo Island debate, promises to bring it back

By Majanga Michael,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday, July 12 promised the people of Homa Bay County and Nyanza Region at large that his government is in the process...

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MWANGI: The Migingo test is coming… a looming tragedy?

By Isaac Mwangi,

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga is a serious contender for the country’s presidency by all means – and is even considered by many to be...

Raila blasts Uhuru for neglecting Migingo fishermen’s plight

By Stephen Letoo,

The Opposition has blasted President Uhuru Kenyatta for failing to protect Kenyan fishermen from harassment by Ugandan authorities in Migingo Island. ...

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MWANGI: Wrong turn for integration, so what next?

By Isaac Mwangi,

The East African Community Heads of State Summit was for the umpteenth time postponed earlier this month, the latest reminder of the indifference and ...

Civilians are ready to claim Migingo, Mbadi tells gov’t

By George Juma,

ODM Party National Chairman John Mbadi has challenged the government to come clean to the people over the Migingo Island ownership tussle between Keny...

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Not yet Uhuru: Migingo Island residents want row resolved

By George Juma,

Kenyans living in Migingo Island are appealing to the Kenyan Government to resolve the Migingo Island row with their Uganda counterparts for them to e...

Kenyans on Migingo complain of harassment by Ugandan security

By George Juma,

  Kenyans living on Migingo Island are still being frustrated by Ugandan security personnel even after the Kenyan inspector of police and his...

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Kenya, Uganda form Migingo task force

By Mac Otani,

The Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinnet, says Kenya and Uganda have formed a joint task force that will see police in the two countries patrol...

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Kenya, Uganda police bosses in Migingo security deal

By George Juma,

The Inspector of Police, Joseph Boinnet, and his Ugandan counterpart, Major Gen Kale Kayihura, have moved to calm the tension in Migingo island. Sp...

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President not keen to solve Migingo issue, Odinga tells Budalang’i residents

By Benjamin Wafula,

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has hit out at President Uhuru Kenyatta over his apparent laxity to resolve the Migingo Islan...

Migori accuses national gov’t of importing cheap Chinese fish

By George Juma,

Migori Governor Okoth Obado has accused the National Government of sabotaging the economy of Nyanza region by importing cheap fish from China. Gove...

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MWANGI: Noise from Nairobi: end of the road for regional integration?

By Isaac Mwangi,

In a pronouncement reminiscent of the 1970s when the first East African Community collapsed, Kenya’s increasingly paranoid Jubilee government has dr...

CORD rubbishes Jubilee’s scorecard, says Uhuru has failed Kenyans

By Maureen Murimi,

Coalitions for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) Leader, Raila Odinga, has dismissed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s State of the Nation address, saying what ...

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PHOTOS: Millie Odhiambo causes a scene, talks tough after ejection from Parliament

By Benjamin Wafula,

Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo caused a stir Thursday afternoon after she was ordered out of Parliament for apparently disrupting President Uhuru Kenyatta's...

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Nkaissery rules out military intervention over Migingo

By Wangui Ngechu,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery on Tuesday ruled out military intervention to resolve the dispute over Migingo Island. Giving his minis...

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