Museveni: My eyes are still on Migingo

Brief:

President Museveni called Kenyan journalists to Kampala to deny the Lake Victoria Island he was referring to when he said it was Kenya’s but the water Uganda’s was Migingo. ...more

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1. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 17:40 PM , david kioko, Tanzania wrote:
  the kenyan youth may apologize to fellow kenyans inconvenienced but not to an empty head like m7.this guy should be told that we have our own internal differences as kenyans but when it comes to a common enemy like him we will have a united force too massive for him to handle,after sorting him out we can go back to our usual way of relating to each other.m7 is no better than an irritating bug.

 
2. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 17:29 PM , david kioko, Tanzania wrote:
  i am now totally convinced we are dealing with an insane man one yoweri kaguta museveni. are we foolish to be tossed left right center? does sumba sound like migingo? he is sick in the head that's why he dares proclaim that he has ambitions of heading the e.a federation. kenya offers free mental hospitals, we may consider him sanctuary at mathari. but why waste our precious funds on a creature like this?

 
3. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 16:55 PM , mugogo munene, Armenia wrote:
  The Ugandan president to use ethnic term as Lucy Kibaki "wajaruo" is inexcusable. Africa has been in war all the time because of people like him, using ethnicity to start hatred. The kenyans uprooted the rail road line not wajaruo. the kenyans are mad about migingo not wajaruo.

 
4. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 16:30 PM , OKUKU, Kenya wrote:
  Museveni should know that Kenyans and Ugandans depend on each other. He should not use his 'war-filled' mind to ruin this good relation between the communities in these countries. By the way a learned person like him should not talk about an island being in Kenya but in Ugandan water. Is this Island a moving animal or object?

 
5. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 14:52 PM , Ojwang Laula, Sweden wrote:
  I'm left wondering what is the standard of neutrality in cases where by a statesman wants and thinks he is doing something good but it ALL COMES OUT WRONG. What part has the media play in reporting cases of suspicious behaviours? HOW FAIR IS THE MEDIA?

 
6. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 14:28 PM , Wilbert Kenya, United States wrote:
  green snake in the grass. a chameleon. that is what this man is.

 
7. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 12:23 PM , Jack M., Kenya wrote:
  If each country contributed ksh280 million, totaling 560 million, I hope that the team will establish that the value of this island exceeds this amount. I am beginning to suspect that this could be a joint Kenya-Uganda government plan to defraud taxpayers.

 
8. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 8:31 AM , Burite Joseph, Uganda wrote:
  I will never understand why Kenyans think they have a monopoly over being furious. When Orengo referred to Ugandans as hyenas, no legislator in Uganda shot back but see what theirs do when M7 deservedly calls the Kibera Luo juveniles mad. The MPs' rantings are even more proof of madness.....or else, they harbour their own hard feelings against M7, advice them to stop making it look Ugandan.

 
9. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 8:23 AM , enoch naam, Kenya wrote:
  museveni should stop becoming a hypocrite, he says this today and something different the next time. first of all if we uprooted our railway and blocked our roads, it was within our country and thus we have no apologies since it was a kenyan affair then.a bout the "the wajaluo" issue, its plain commonsense that he has beef with this particular tribe may be because he has the same for Raila.

 
10. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 7:58 AM , awori, Kenya wrote:
  The president of Uganda should cease playing cheap diversionary politics with this issue. Kenyans are not fools nor easy to manipulate using cheap propaganda. Uganda with Museveni's consent has invaded a friendly sovereign state and a member of the EAC. He should without delay remove his drunken, ill-disciplined soldiers off the Kenyan island or risk imminent international condemnation.

 
11. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 7:32 AM , Bruce Ochieng Obura, Kenya wrote:
  I have seen all that is happening and the conclusion I want to make at this point is that, as Kenyans are not united at all at all, now President Museveni of Uganda has attacked Kenya, and the attack is majorly on the Wajaluo as I read it in standard, but I can't hear any comment from the head of state about this issue, his own people are being attacked by Museveni, where are we heading.

 
12. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 7:06 AM , Joe Kimanthi Mutungi, Japan wrote:
  My favourite political book is "dude, where is my country?" by Michael Moore. I have this big query for Kibaki because he is the commander-in-chief (regardlesss of how he became it). Why are we being insulted as he keeps quiet?!! Fellow kenyans, where is our president?

 
13. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 6:18 AM , Sheme Chemangey Masaba, Uganda wrote:
  I have never lost sleep over Migingo because I know that the quarrel is nothing but a storm in a tea cup. Ugandans and Kenyans have much more to lose if they allow their relations to deteriorate over Migingo. One thing that is clear from the Migingo dispute, however, is that we are not yet ready for the East African Federation. We should forget political federation and concentrate on economic ties.

 
14. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 5:30 AM , elly obiero, United States wrote:
  East African nonsense, forget it museveni, your dream is too loud.

 
15. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 5:20 AM , John Okumu, United States wrote:
  This bandit (Museveni) is growing old and he should be removed from power. Block all the roads and supplies going to Uganda which will force him to attack Kenya, then hit him hard!

 
16. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 5:09 AM , Victor Macharia, Kenya wrote:
  Museveni is trying to shore up dwindling political support at home. What he needs is good thumping to bring him back to his senses. Ugandans will ditch him in a second. BECAUSE they know he is playing a spoilt brat and distracting their attention to external issues. They should know Uganda has become family property of the MUSEVENIS. Wake up Ugandans!

 
17. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 2:51 AM , lion, Malaysia wrote:
  i have followed this suituation closely and to the conclusion i have naturally reached i must say am not impressed that east africans have chosen to walk a path that instead of unity will further divide them, as an asian i see no reason for the survey, since both countries are heading for political federation in the coming future, call off the survey

 
18. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 1:14 AM , Kipchirchir Boit, United States wrote:
  Interesting story but I have to raise issue with the very poorly editing of this article. Please check your articles before posting. This is embarrassing since your print articles are usually very good and the stories are interesting! "The Ugandan President made the remarks that infuriated Kenyans, with Parliament calling for either military intervention or the UN, while in Tanzania."

 
19. On Saturday May 16, 2009, 0:32 AM , Denis wafula , United States wrote:
  If their is a leader who has outlived his importance it's Museveni. He was a guerilla fighter, then a leader, then a president, then a dictator, now a demagogue. Just like Amin, Museveni is haunted by bravado and that will soon lead to his downfall. My humble appeal to Ugandans is tell M7, as lugubriously referred, 23 years in power corrupts absolutely, therefore QUIT before others shove you out.

 
20. On Friday May 15, 2009, 22:45 PM , Sifu Msafiri, United States wrote:
  This talk about island being in Kenya, but surrounding waters in Uganda is hogwash - a fallback position should the survey team confirm that Migingo is indeed in Kenya. Museveni is up to no good; and his arrogance is informed by the knowledge that Kibaki will not raise a finger. It's really unfortunate that Kenyans have a president who cannot protect them. He would rather attend a tribal burial.

 
21. On Friday May 15, 2009, 21:59 PM , Japadhola Alur Luo, United States wrote:
  If one never realised, Museveni has already launched a cold war on one expansive community called 'Jaluo'. He smartly commanded forward his army which have since 2007 violence not left Kenya, to prepare the way for his 'I will soon go and discuss with them (Jaluos)' that Migingo is indeed not the real issue but said Jaluo. Yet again, the latest Vitriols on 'Mijingo Rock’, and the Luo 'Madness': Good Ladies and Gentlemen, this is NOT the first time that an Individual hiding behind the flag of Uganda as a nation has purposefully sent out a gravely disturbing ‘Joke’ to afar lands beyond the Crane-land borders. It will, perhaps, still be recalled that a one-time self-voted Dictator Iddi Amin Dada, having been carried away by his youthful gigantic body physique, had SCORNFULLY chose to invite one of Africa's most respected sons, then elderly Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, for a boxing match - promising that with his single blow he would consign the gigantic-minded intellectual to another world altogether. It was only a few years later, and similarly on a territorial

 
22. On Friday May 15, 2009, 21:51 PM , Wuod Awuor ja Nyagowa, United Kingdom wrote:
  I learn with despair Museveni still maintains ownership of waters engulfing Migingo Island at the international press conference. Museveni seems to believe that Migingo Island is man-made. To me he sounds poetic. He also says Kenyans owe Uganda an apology for blocking Kenya's roads in Kenya (not in Uganda) during post-elections clashes.You will agree with me such loose talks are utterly outrageous!

 
23. On Friday May 15, 2009, 21:45 PM , FELIX ORIEMA, United States wrote:
  The truth of the matter is, KIBAKI knows well the role played by guerilla kaguta in brutalising innocents kenyans to accept KIBAKI as the president. He can't make any strong statement against him except PR diplomacy to confuse kenyans that Migingo is not LUO issues and something is being done.He said what they discussed with PNU leader in Zambia,and Kibaki too should tell us that its luo affair.

 
24. On Friday May 15, 2009, 21:24 PM , felix oriema, United States wrote:
  This guerilla assisted the leader of PNU to impose himself as the president of KENYA and now he's testing if KIBAKI can turn against him. The same thing he did to the late KABILA and later on to Kagame.When Garang died some fingers of suspicion were directed at him. There's no difference btn this dictator with his former president,his mentor IDI AMIN DADA. IF HE CAN'T HEAR THE BIBLE LET THE GUN TALKS

 

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