The Government of Kenya has responded to Ugandan President’s remarks which claimed that the Indian Ocean was a Ugandan Property.
President Yoweri #Museveni, on Sunday Nov 13, had claimed that war could erupt over the ownership of the waters at the Coast.
“That is why we have had endless discussions with Kenya. This one stops, another comes. The railway and the pipeline – we discuss. But that ocean belongs to me. Because it is my ocean. I am entitled to that ocean. In the future, we are going to have wars,” he stated on a live broadcast.
And in a late response, William Ruto’s administration has discussed that, there was no serious concern from what Mr. Museveni uttered and that he should not be taken serious by any Kenyan.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, November 12, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei noted that Museveni’s comments were metaphorical and should not stress anybody.
“President Yoweri Museveni was speaking metaphorically rather than to suggest that there was anything that was done in the manner in which he described.
“I believe very much that he has a fairly great understanding with respect to the nature of our territory,” the PS added.
However, international experts think that Museveni’s recent comments could worsen Kenya’s long-standing diplomatic relations with Uganda, with some accusing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of downplaying the matter which could erupt some day.