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Is it true Migingo Island in Kenya but waters in Uganda?

The truth about Migingo is simpler than most of us think. The plain truth is just as Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni once said that, “Migingo Island is in Kenya, but the water is in Uganda". And that is where the problem begins.

Every country needs taxes and at every border crossing between Kenya and Uganda you will have revenue officers from both countries. The Kenyan side taxes goods entering Kenya from Uganda and on the Ugandan side, goods going to Uganda.

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