Gov’t of Kenya responds to President Museveni’s war threat
The Kenyan government has downplayed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s recent threat of future war over access to the Indian Ocean.
The Kenyan government has downplayed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s recent threat of future war over access to the Indian Ocean.
Speaking on Wednesday, November 12, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei said Kenya believes that President Museveni understands sovereignty, territorial boundaries, and natural resources.
“I will not comment much on what President Museveni said with respect to our oceans, but I believe very much that he does have a fairly great understanding of our territory and the nature of our rights with respect to our natural resources and his rights with respect to natural resources within Ugandan territory,” said PS Sing’Oei.
President Museveni, while speaking during a radio interview at the Mbale State Lodge on Sunday, November 8, warned of future wars in the East African Community over access to the Indian Ocean.
Museveni argued that Uganda is entitled to access the Indian Ocean for its economic development and strategic defence.
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The Ugandan President said it was ‘madness’ for countries to block landlocked nations from accessing the ocean.
“In Uganda, even if you want to build a navy, how can you build it? We don’t have access to the sea. The political organization in Africa is so irrational. Some of the countries have no access to the sea, and you are stuck.
“How do I export my products? That is why we have had endless discussions with Kenya. This one stops, another comes. But that ocean belongs to me; I am entitled to that ocean. In the future, we are going to have wars,” he stated.
President Museveni likened Uganda’s situation to tenants living in the same apartment who must share common facilities.
Uganda, which has no direct access to the sea, heavily depends on the port of Mombasa in Kenya for the majority of its imports and exports.
Uganda imports 90 percent of its fuel through Kenya and 10 percent through Tanzania.
In January 2024, Uganda sued Kenya at the East African Court of Justice over alleged restrictions on access to the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC).
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