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Yoweri Museveni

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The island is in Kenya, the water is in Uganda... But the [Luos, a Kenyan ethnic group] are mad, they want to fish here but this is Uganda.
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On Migingo Island's ownership, 2009-05-13 Kenyan MPs' fury over island row

 
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