Youths uproot railway over Migingo row
By Standard Team
The dispute over Migingo Island threatened to balloon into a regional security issue as youths in Nairobi’s Kibera slums uprooted a railway line linking the two countries to protest at continued occupation of the island by Ugandan soldiers.
Government Spokesman Alfred Mutua announced yesterday Kenya and Uganda would hold a joint Press conference today to explain “what is really happening at Migingo Island”.
However, the Ugandan authorities jumped the gun by declaring Migingo their territory, according to a statement posted on the Uganda government website. “The Government of Uganda has proposed that to resolve this matter, a comprehensive survey be undertaken by the two countries,” said the statement from spokesman Fred Opolot.
Mr Opolot added: “Until such survey findings are 
published, the status quo shall be maintained and Uganda shall continue to administer Migingo Island.”
Opolot said the survey should use as a guideline the boundaries set by Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Boundaries) Order in Council, 1926.
In Nairobi, seven MPs petitioned President Kibaki to
declare Uganda “a hostile neighbour” and forcefully take control of Migingo Island.
Led by Mr Nicholas Gumbo (Rarieda), the MPs demanded that the Navy and Army be sent to the island.
“Uganda is no longer a friend. It has invaded our land and it is time we acted to protect our sovereignty,”
said Gumbo.
The MPs insisted it was unacceptable for 
the Government to continue treating Uganda in with kid gloves under the guise of the East African Co-operation spirit. Addressing a Press conference at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi yesterday, the MPs accused President Kibaki of “taking the Migingo invasion lightly”.
The MPs, from Nyanza and Western provinces, warned that the Government’s indecisiveness could eventually see Uganda claim more Kenyan land.
But the anarchy in Kibera had echoes of post-election violence last year when youths protesting against the election outcome uprooted the railway line to disrupt business between Kenya and Uganda.
At that stage, the Ugandan leader had congratulated President Kibaki over his re-election. The sabotage of commuter and goods train services was widely seen as an attempt to undermine the Ugandan economy that heavily relies on the Mombasa port.
More than 200 youths engaged the police in running battles and later uprooted several metres of the railway line in Katwekera.
The youths, armed with stones and all manner of weapons, broke into a jubilant dance when they tore the line. This disabled the rail service and was only restored last year at a cost of Sh20 million.
Yesterday, the youths were emphatic. One shouted: “Because the Government has failed to help our brothers in Migingo, we will do it in the manner Ugandans understand best.” Police said they watched from a distance after learning some youths were armed. Further, they had been ordered not to use live bullets on the protestors.
The railway line is crucial in transportation of goods from Mombasa to Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, Burundi and DRC Congo.
Yesterday’s chaos at Kibera erupted when police and Kenya Power Company attempted to disconnect illegal electricity connections.
The power disconnection exercise sparked chaos when the youths opposed to the move clashed with police. They then turned their anger on the railway line as they sang in protest: “No Migingo, No Railway line! Museveni must go!”
Earlier, the rowdy youths had chased away policemen and journalists from the scene.
They said they feared journalists would take their pictures and publish them, which could be used by the police to arrest them.
“Ugandans need to know we feed them. They should not try to intimidate the hand that feeds them,” a youth said.
By last evening, police were yet to access the area and those on patrol called for reinforcement.
Local administrators were stoned and chased from the site.
One person was seriously injured in the melee and taken to hospital. Public transport was paralysed as protestors lit bonfires and barricaded roads.
Courtesy of:www.eastandard.net
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How long will Museveni conntiue bulluying people of Great Lake Region. Tz, Rwandans, Sudan and DRC all tired of this man. Uganda has never won any war, they failed in to catch Kony, failed in DRC and are failing Somalia.
Kenya needs military leader to deal with all the creasing insecurity Kenya, Somalia and the entire region.
Nothing is wrong with another coup, morever, even the current Kibaki government was installed by coup. It will only be second coup
As people of East africa, we have more serious issues to talk about than a less-than-an-acre piece of rock.
I think the kibera youth protest is a manifestation of the serious problem of unemployment in the region which MPs like Nicholas Gumbo (Rarieda)are better positioned to debate than to inciting violence with the invasion talk.
Kenya too needs Uganda as a trade partner. Some one need to tell the kibera youth and the learned MPs. The youth should know that there are more trade opportunities in Uganda awaiting them and can use the railway line to reach this market. such opportunities are millions worth more than what migingo can offer.
This shows how indecisive Kenyan leadership is. Have they hired Ugandan watchmen to maintain security, while Kenyan policemen kill innocent Kenyans? Kibaki has failed Kenyans with his moribund presidency. his is the commander-in-chief. he should sack defense minister,internal security minister ,chief of the general staff and finally himself.He took an illegal oath in the dark and that is why he is incapacitated.Museveni aided him and he has decided to auction Migingo the way he did with grand regency. may the devil plague him. R.I.P.
8 out 10 East Africa wants Museveni to go, while 4 out of 10 in Uganda wants him to retire, Ugandan reap for a new democracy, we have seen enough guns and uniforms on our streets since 1965.
Uganda has not seen democracy but a war monger President, who keeps traumatising people of the past 30 yrs era, someone us were not born, we want a new Uganda not Uganda of the memory of Amin, Obote or NRA bush war.Kony came out from the bush for peace,
Museveni went and deceived a confused former Bush administration that he will now fight him with a combine Failed Operation Thunder (DRC, Sudan and UPDF), he failed instead.
The Congolese civilians paid the price. Is Uganda’s his own project, and the main agenda of this old and thankless man is to recruit the poor Northerner into army then send them to fight self made wars in the name of maintaining peace in the region.
Rwandeses are feed up, Tz do not need Uganda, Sudan do not trust him, Ugandans are divided.Now if Kenya kicks him out where will he go with his guns. When corrupt Kibaki contracted Museveni to carry the killings in Kenya, Kenyans resisted and he failed too.
Time out for Museveni Kibak and Raila
The Kenya PM is another confused fellow, he does not see the future clearly, begging for power from his own government, he has the power to order the Kenya Navy to have their presence in Lake Victoria, he have the powers to order the security to take action.
Kenya Navy presence is needed in Migingo as the negotiation is on.
Raila should not behave as he is an assistance minister, crying daily on the press. Mr Odinga seems confused to me too, does he really know that he took oath to protect Kenyans.
No country play politics with borders, Raila behave in this saga clearly shows us his weakness, even if he became President of Kenya. Sending Kenya Navy units to Lake Victoria will cost Kenya nothing.
The behaviour of Uganda must not be taken lightly; Kenya must now have a strong security presence in his entire border with Uganda entrenching up to Mt Elgon.
Mr Raila Odinga stand up be counted, do let Saitoti and Uhuru control and frustrate Kenyan.
Kenya should not be decieved that the power is in their hands. do they ever stop to consider the fact that the electricity that runs their economy is an export from Uganda? so who feeds who? do they even know that a large percentage of their food is from Uganda? it is very wrong to mistake being gentle for being weak.just because Ugandans dont like to subotage their neighbour’s economies doesnt mean they can not. it is a wise move to let the powers that be to amicably resolve this. and kenyans should stop blaming Ugandans for having a government they donot trust. no one told them to vote for Kibaki or Raila. it is wise to own up to your mistakes!
Here is a critical analysis of the situation based on Insider information…
The most fatal mistake Raila has made is allowing Kibaki to split ODM.
Raila failed to remember that his card for consolidating his power base depended on his being loyal to the Luos, Kalenjins (with William Ruto beside him), Baluhyas, the Masai and other coastal tribes. A smart politician, no matter how nationalistic, must know the location of his base. ODM had majority in parliament after 2007 election coup by Kibaki. That majority formed ODM base.
Unfortunately, Raila resorted to self destruction by embarking on issues which did not address the plight of those who gave him a majority in Parliament. The immediate criticism of Mugabe who is fighting the remnants of colonialists holding 90% of Zimbabwean land and are trying to recruit proxy Africans to prostitute themselves into “black-fighting-black” episodes in which black Africans are the losers, should not have been taken by Raila.
Raila then followed by trying to be friendly friendly Mai Kibaki and enabling him (Kibaki) to drive a big hole between him and his base on land issues and delivering a fatal blow to ODM. I do not know anybody who does not understand how sensitive land issues are in Kenya. The last election violence in Kenya is still very raw in the minds of many for God’s sake!
Kofi Annan, the western corporations and governments hit man labelled “African elder”, was sent to lay the green grass on top of a hole meant for Raila to fall right into!
The Waki Report, issued following Kenyan elections violence inquiry by a South African BOER, should have sent red flags to any African participant of the coalition mediationtion talks conducted by Annan!
This is because Annan does not work Africans!
Dear brothers, Fighting or use of force if a backward way of solving problems. Let us sit and talk.
Dear brothers, Fighting or use of force is a backward way of solving problems. Let us sit and talk.
If every small thing makes us go to war with our neighbours what else shall we ever do?
I might be confused, but I think you are showing Ugandan jets confusing them for Kenyan ones, unless all Kenyan jets fly the Ugandan flag! Anyway, that is a 120mm Mortar which even Kony has, the tank is a T-55. And the soldiers, I see boyscouts who have never seen a war. Face the truth, 24,000 boyscout can not defeat 60,000 Ugandan soldiers.
am responding to the wild figures thrown out about the size of the two militaries ie kenya 24000 and uganda 60000.nothing is further from the truth.while the size of the ugandan soldiers is about 60000 as indicated,its worth noting that half of them are rag tag unprofessional thugs that will run at the sound of gun fire.kony boys will testify to this.On the other hand the size of todays Kenya army is about 45000.they are among the most professional in africa alongside egypt and south africa.the 24000 figure has significance because up until early 90s that used to be the size of kenya army excluding the aifrorce and navy.if you haven’t updated you site go figure.
To add on to what i posted minutes ago,ugandan armed forces are ill equiped with 1950s T55 tanks.The only modern equipment they have is a maximum of 7 migs{ 21s(5) and 29s(2)}.Kenyan presidents both kenyatta and Moi defeated them without firing a shot when they claimed Kenyas territory.Mobolising of Kenya army along the common border made them cower like a bunch of chickens who are tired of pecking at each other.Untill a recent arrival of mv faina kenya army tank of choice was vicker mark 3 which is a pretty decent tank from Britain and was manufactured for kenya army in 80s.Ugandas helicopter gunships which number 11 are of doubtable serviceability.Kenya has well maintained and well armed 35 gunships and towed artillery.Look up at the c.i.a world fact book that was published recently and youll know why uganda should seek a fight with its equall like kony and his child soldiers or congo militia (intrahamwe) who have never received proffesional military training and NOT the Kenya army who are among the best in this business.
Stop calling your boy scouts an army (where have they ever fought). It insults Egypt and South Africa for you to lump yourselves with them. Even if we were man to man your army does not stand a chance. They are a collection of lazy, fat men who will not even intervene when 1500 people are slaughtering each other. Even in the more developed countries that would call for martial law. all under the guise of ‘professionalism’
Let’s face it, you a country in a lot of confusion. First settle your differences before you think of war with us. You didn’t answer my question: Why are your jets spotting Ugandan flags.
Your army can’t protect wananchi, can’t repulse Uganda from the west or from Migingo and was in barracks when as you say, Ugandan troops entered during the elections. Je, kazi yao ni nini?
hey spartan!No hard feelings but it seems you need to be told something five times for you to understand.I dont mind.One of the most rug tag military in africa is Ugandan and congo’s.face it.I even dont wonna talk about Idi amin so called soldiers because they were nothing but hooligans but the child soldiers of Museveni were dared by Moi when they claimed Busia district in kenya and they coiled at the sight of our G.S.U which is just a palamilitary police unit.Secondly,the jets you talking about is not a matter of debate.its shameful that i have to givre you facts about your own rag tag force.I’ll give it to you that you have 7 decent jet fighters that will never penetrate Kenya air dence system which again is ranked 5th in africa by encyclopedia of african militaries after Egypt,southafrrica,libya and angola.Ill give you a good reference to look up some facts:c.i.a world fact book,world millitary.com.infact Uganda ranks 31 out of 47 ranked african countries.Kenyan forces await their orders to execute any mission and them not interfering in civilian matters is professionalism.if thats cowardice in Uganda i now see why you are rag tag.By the way look up for the budget and the equipment of the two militaries on the sites i gave you and you will see why you being loyal to your army does not make them win a war. if the order is given to retake migingo ugandan soldiers will learn what military discipline is from a source thats that good.Again no hard feelings but ugandan 7 jet fighters cant win against 21 kenyan jets.Dont be fooled that you have more than 7 jet fighers.All those jets you see on ugandan national holidays are just trainers and so is the case in Kenya.real fighters are 7 against 21.Actual tanks are 168 Ugandan soviet era(1950s)against Kenya 78 vickers mark 3(1980s) and just imported 101 T72s.when it comes to armoured carries Uganda has about 20 against Kenya more than 100.Again check your facts dont be the man who says what he always dont know.
Martin, give me links, not websites! Am a busy person with no time to scour the internet for facts that obviously are not there. We fought against Angola which , as you also agreed, has a better airforce than Kenya. Did you ever hear them come near Ugandan and Rwandan forces. Ask them why. The last time I checked, we were living in the Great Lakes, which means highly mobile ‘ragtag’ forces can not be tamed by any jets. That’s why we use Mi-24 attack helicopters instead.
It takes about 6 months to train a tank crew. And by the way, the FAINA tanks were not meant for you, only that the Somalis busted you. Uganda has both T-72 as well as T-55 tanks. You wouldn’t know cause we do not import arms through Kenya. But you should have seen some of them on their way to Somalia. But thanks for helping out the Southern Sudanese like we have done not only logistically and morally, but also by way of joining the fight.
Am waiting for my links.
good.ill give you the simplest way to access this information.Go to yahoo main page and through yahoo search,type uganda armed forces and click search.The page that opens have the first menu as “uganda armed forces wikepedia encyclodedia”,open it and read.Do the same and type Kenya armed forces and search.The other site is just type “C.I.A world fact book” on yahoo or google search and scroll the countries and get the economic and millitary information of uganda and kenya.you will learn that the 6 mig helicopters Uganda has only one is functional.I have my information at my finger tips.When Uganda invaded congo to topple kabila,Battle hardened and well equipped Angolan forces came streaming throgh Cabida enclave and Pushed the Rwandans and ugandans 100 miles from Kinshasha.Infact they saved Kabila and ugandans lost the battle for kinshasha confining them back to the bushes where they had come from.As far as
AS far as faina goes,ill tell you we were better equipped faina or not.And by the way,we are still brothers whoever wins this war.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A PATRIOTIC WAR ON THIS PAGE BETWEEN MARTIN AND SPARTAN.I KNOW BOTH LOVE THEIR COUNTRIES BUT THE TRUTH IS,THE DEPENDENCY AMONG THE TWO NEIGHBORS ARE GREAT.WE CANNOT AFFRORD TO LOSE EACH OTHER.iDI AMIN STARTED CUTTING OFF KENYA ELECTRICITY AND KENYANS GOT UPSET AND BUILT THEIR OWN HYDRO POWERS AND THEY PRODUCE MORE POWER THAN UGANDA.INFACT MORE THAN TWICE.UGANDA CAN OPT FOR SHIPPING ITS GOODS THROUGH TANZANIA THOUGH 900 KILOMETRES XTRA DISTANCE WILL BE INCURRED.ALMOST EVERY BUSINESS IN KAMPALA IS RUN BY A KENYAN MANAGER AND SOME OF OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE HUGE NUMBER OF KENYANS.ALL OF THOSE AREAS STAND TO LOSE WITH KENYA LOSING THE MOST.THE MARKETS FOR ITS MORE ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL GOODS WOULD BE SHUT.OPENING TO RWANDA AND BURUNDI AND THE GREAT LAKES WOULD BE CLOSED OFF TO KENYANS.KENYANS THINK BIG.WE IN UGANDA HAVE SEEN WAR.AS FAR AS CONFRONTATION GOES,OUR GENERALS RECRUIT 14 YEAR OLDS AND THEY WILL NEVER WIN A WAR AGAINST MORE EQUIPPED AND WELL TRAINED KENYA FORCES.I THINK PROFFESIONALLY KENYA IS RANKED SIXTH IN AFRRICA.MUSEVENI KNOWS IT AND SHOULD NOT WAR MONGER KENYA.IF HE CONTINUE DOING IT,I WONT BE SURPRISED IF KENYA HAPPENS TO BE THE ONE TO LIBERATE US FROM MUSEVENI BY COMING ALL THE WAY TO KAMPALA THE WAY TANZANIANS DID.DONT AWAKE A SLEEPING GIANT.
Martin, man, let’s stop this. I rest my case. Kenyans and Ugandans are brothers. Let me say this if it will make you feel better. KENYA IS THE STRONGEST COUNTRY IN EAST AFRICA. IT CAN BEAT THE UPDF IN 3 DAYS AND OVERRUN KAMPALA WITHIN DAYS. Whatever.
You know what, the emotions expressed within these pages are testimony to the kinship between Kenyans and Ugandans. It is like a feud between two related families - bitter but in the end blood is thicker than water. War between Uganda and Kenya will not happen even in a hundred years.
Long live Kenya. Long live Uganda. long live East Africa.
we need each other and we kenyans need ugandans more than they need us.the big fish is not in migingo rather its is the big market we access through uganda.We are Ugandans Big brother and an elder does not engage in a fight with a child.When kenya fights uganda a cow will give birth to a hen. Since a cow will never give birth to a hen,we will never fight Uganda.give them migingo and since Kibaki and Museveni grew up during Industrial revolution,get rid of them and elect leaders who grew up in this age of information technology.Kibaki and mu7 are too old,less progressive,less forward looking,and too much indulged with power.As for you spartan,thakn u for stating the obvious that Kenya is the most powerful nation in eastern africa but that makes it better because if it were another nation,war would be an every day menu.we kenyans seek peace.It dont mean u are week if you turn the other cheek.
men uganda uganda or maganda i want to be a soldier before we fight museveni not ugandans they are innocent people. let them stay indoors. they had to call the army when only a few kenyan students rioted in uganda. let not museveni be speaking the way he spoke yesterday because kibaki is his friend if only raila was president
No Spartan you missed the point. The tank pictured above is a T-72 and not a T-55. Look again. By the way is it really true that Uganda has T-72 tanks? what is the source of this information? i can’t find it. please provide links. All i know is that in addition to T-55s, they also have a small quantity of Chinese built T-85IIIs.
Tell them.they only have T 55s and one operational mig 24 hind helicopter.ill bet you 25000 dollars if ugandans dont run at the sight of our forces should war be declared.
spartan dont comment on stuff u dont know, leave it to the professionals. the tank in the picture is a T 72 MODEL AV, the thing u are calling a mortor is accutually an 84mm carl gustav anti tank gun made in sweden. kenya is the only country with carl gustav in this region. the plane on the pic is an F5 an the pic was taken in mombasa. the flag on its tail is kenyan. uganda has never had T 72’s in its invetory an their tank force is obsolute an maintance is a big problem.
Interesting, the so called battle hardened UPDF were recently wasted by the Pokots who even took off with their guns. Don’t underrate anybody, not even the lightly armed pokots.
THANK YOU AIRFORCEONE FOR BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE.SPARTAN DONT EVEN KNOW WHATS A MOTOR AND A T72.I JUST CALLED HIM THE MAN WHO SAYS WHAT HE DONT KNOW.WE IN KENYA HAVE TWICE NOW CHALLENGED UPDF TWICE FOR VIOLATING OUR BORDERS AND THEY COWED.WHAT WE LACK NOW IS LEADERSHIP AND NOT THE MILITARY STRENGTH TO ANNILATE UGANDA.SECRETLY,EVEN MU7 AGREES TO THAT.
The truth is that Uganda and Kenya will never go to war. If they do, then it will be a very big mistake for both countries because they need each other. In fact, they are like twins. The fact that Uganda is importing through Kenya should not be taken as a favor. These Ugandan goods do not pass through Kenya free of charge. Do not also forget that Uganda is the main export market for Kenyan goods so in case of a conflict, economic implications affect all sides.
Some of you have said that because Kenya has got more equipment, then they can run over Uganda easily! But that is wrong. If a war breaks out, Kenya would need to defend their entire Ugandan borderline and then have some troops in the rear. They cannot do that with only 24,000 infantry men. On the other hand, Uganda can call upon over 100,000 soldiers, who include the 60,000 who are serving at the moment and at least 40,000 retirees. During the peak of the war in the north, at least another 100,000 militia men were trained and are also among the reserve forces.
About the equipment, there are alot of factual wrongs going on here. For starters, all these web inventories that we are depending for information are very old. For example, while Uganda is listed as having only 20 APCs on Wikipedia, every body knows that just the Brigade in Somalia went with over 50 APCs. Here, we know that the Presidential Brigade alone has got more than 40 APCs. We know that the inventory of various APCs in Uganda goes to beyond 200! And these are battle tested vehicles!
Then the issue of the tanks! At one time, Uganda imported over 150 tanks at a go! Among these were T-55 and T-62s. And most of them are in sound conditions since some of the key spare parts are manufactured here by the military. The soldiers in Somalia alone are supported with two Tank battalions! The Kenyan Vickers are no different from the T-62s or even much weaker, when you look at the capabilities.
Then about the planes. The main Kenyan fighter plane is the F-5 and these are around 14 in the inventory. Uganda has got both the MIG-21 and the advanced MIG-23s and all these are operational. Basically, the MIG-23 is a more modern plane than the F-5. Some of these planes have been in action in the DRC and elsewhere.
We should also not overlook the issue of experience in battle. Ugandan soldiers have fought against some of the most formidable forces accross the region. I.E, the Sudanese, the Congolese, the Zimbweans and Angolans.
And lastly, no serious security site lists Kenya above Uganda in military strength because Kenya does not have the experience of war. So we should not be excited about Kenya defeating Uganda because at the moment, that is impossible.
THE ARTICLE ABOVE IS A DIRECT COPY FROM ANOTHER SITE POSTED BY SPARTAN INDICATING HE IS JUST DISGUISING HIMSELF BY CALLING HIMSELF JOSHUA KATO.WE ALL AGREE THAT NO WEBSITE REFERS TO UGANDAN FORCES AS PROFFESIONALS.THEY ARE A MILITIA AT WORST AND A POLITICAL TOOL AT BEST.THE BRIGADE THAT WAS SENT TO SOMALIA WAS MEANT TO GIVE UGANDA A GOOD NAME BY PASTING A GOOD PICTURE BUT NONTHELESS UGANDAN FORCES ARE A LARGE FORCE WHO IS POORLY TRAINED AND POORLY EQUIPPED.THEY ARE JUST A LARGE INFANTLY MEN WHO CAN BE ANILATED BY A TARGETED,MASSIVE FIREPOWER FROM A WELL ARMED FORCE LIKE KENYA ARMY.AS FOR ETHIOPIANS,THE LAST WAR THEY FOUGHT AGAINST ERITREA IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ANCIENT ARMY ENTRENCHED IN TRENCH WARFARE OF W.W 1.THEY MAY HAVE A HUGE LOAD OF WEAPONS BUT THEY SURELY CANT WAGE WAR.THE INFORMATION ON SOME SITES IS MISLEADING BUT THE COMMON DENOMINITOR IS THAT ALL SITES HAVE A HIGH REGARD FOR KENYA ARMY AS OPPOSED TO UGANDAN.WE ALSO AGREE THAT BY FIGHTING BANDITS ACROSS THE BORDER IN CONGO AND RWANDA,UGANDA CANT CLAIM EXPERIENCE OR BATTLE HARDENED.THEY AFTER ALL RUN WHEN REAL ARMIES ENGAGED THEM.(RWANDA AND ANGOLA IN CONGO).AS WELL,KENYA ARMY CANT CLAIM EXPERIENCE BY FIGHTING BANDITS IN MT.ELGON AND ALONG THE BORDERS.
HERE IS WHAT I WISH TO SAY.UGANDA HAS NO CAPABILITY TO ENGAGE A WELL EQUIPED,HIGHLY TRAINED,VERY DISCIPLINED AND EVIDENLY LETHAL FORCE LIKE KENYA ARMY.UGANDA THINK THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS BUT THAT TOO IS MISLEADING.BY FIELDING A LARGE INFANTLY AGAINST A LETHAL FORCE,IT WOULD BE TENTAMOUNT TO DISASTER.THATS WHAT ARABS DID AGAINST ISRAEL.WAR IS WORN BY SEVERAL FACTORS PUT TOGETHER AND UGANDA HAS NO ADVANTAGE IN ANY EXCEPT THE NUMBERS WHICH AGAIN IS NO ADVANTAGE AT ALL.IN THE BELOW LISTED FACETS TO EXECUTE A WAR,UGANDA LOSES BIG.
1.DISCIPLINE AND TRAINING OF THE FORCES.
2.ADVANCED AND EFFICIENT WAEPONS
3.DEFENCE STRATEGIES.(IN THIS CASE A LARGE POORLY TRAINED AND EQUIPPED INFANTLY-UGANDAN AGAINST A SMALLER MOBILE AND LETHAL FORCE-KENYAN).
4.MORALLE OF THE FORCES.
5.ABILITY TO SUSTAIN A WAR(SIZE OF THE BUDGETS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE OPERATIONS)
6.STRATEGIC LOCATION RELEVANCE TO SITE OF THE CONFLICT AND ABILITY TO RESUPPLY.IN THIS CASE KENYA ACCESS TO THE COAST AND THEIR ABILITY TO CHOKE UGANDA BY CUTTING OF SUPPLY ROUTES IS ITSELF A MENACE.BY RELOCATING TO TANZANIA OR ELSEWHERE,UGANDA WILL HAVE BORE AN IREVERSIBLE DISADVANTAGE ON TOP OF LOSING SUCH WAR.
7.CONTROL OF AIRSPACE.UGANDA,LETS ADMIT HAS NO AIRFORCE AND THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.
7.LAST BUT NOT LEAST,THE PURPOSE OF THE MISSION.FOR EXAMPLE IF THE MISSION IS TO ROOT OUT UGANDAN BANDIT MILITIA OUT OF MIGINGO,KENYANS UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF SUCH OPERATION AND THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO MIGINGO WHICH WOULD BE THROUGH KAMPLALA,THEN ENTEBBE AND FINALLY MIGINGO.
IN SHORT,UGANDA IS HIGHLY DISADVANTAGED AND WOULD CAUTION THEM AGAINST ENGAGING KENYA. THATS A STRAIGHT TALK.
have never conributed but am sacked to coz i feel really offended by the ignorance that people display in this chat.
are you poeple sure of what you are talking about,who knows exactly the kind of arsenal kenya has at her disposal?
i would advice every one to have first hand information before enlisting it on the web.
kenya is ranked 6th in africa as fer as military is concerned.i’ll revert with a shoking detailed arms and equipments that the military owns.
There is no way kenyans can defeat uganda in any forum of war. there is a reason why the Americans chose uganda to be the policeman of the greatlakes region, they belive in uganda’s military power. kenya is second at best in the greatlakes. I wish we would go to war just to prove (and this is coming from a person right @ the boader malaba). but hey…. kenya has the bigger economy though uganda seems to be coming for that as well.
my kenyan brothers read this
http://nairobichronicle.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/uganda-army-a-hardened-battle-force/
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