EALA passes key bill on protecting Lake Victoria

By Citizen Reporter,

The East African Legislative Assembly enacted the Lake Victoria Basin Commission 2020, providing a legal framework for the Lake Victoria Basin Commiss...

EALA , lake victoria

Presidents Kenyatta, Museveni reaffirm Kenya-Uganda trade ties

By Allan Irungu,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has reaffirmed Kenya's position in ensuring that trade relations between Kenya and Uganda remain firm and that the two countr...

Kenya - Uganda SGR line , Uganda President Yoweri Museveni

President Museveni jets in for two-day State visit in Mombasa

By Citizen Reporter,

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in Kenya for a two-day State visit in Mombasa. Museveni was received by President Uhuru Kenyatta at t...

Migingo Island , Mombasa , Museveni , President Uhuru Kenyatta

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...

lake victoria , Migingo Island , President Yoweri Museveni , raila odinga

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...

Kenya Uganda border , Migingo Island

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...

Fire Incident , Migori , migori fire , Nyatike

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. ...

migingo , Migingo Island , NASA , raila

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...

John Mbadi , kenya , Migingo Island , NASA , uganda

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...

Kenyan fishermen , Migingo Island , Mr. Odhiambo Adhanja , Ugandan Security

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...

Bamrich Okoth , Cheap Fish , Department of fisheries , Harrassment of Fishermen , Migori County , Okoth Obado , Sori beach

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...