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How tiff between two ministers may have handed our islands to Uganda

A view of Migingo Island located in lake Victoria.

A tiff between two Cabinet ministers 26 years ago may have given Uganda a blank cheque to take over some treasured Kenyan islands on Lake Victoria.

And to date, the controversy on ownership of these islandshas sparked diplomatic tensions between the two countries, and has been a source of suffering for Kenyans living there.

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