Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has once again stirred hornet by claiming that there would be possible future war over the accessibility of Africa’s largest water body, the Indian Ocean.
Speaking during a radio talk show in Mbale state lodge in Mbale City, Uganda, the veteran leader said that there would be war pitting Uganda against its neighbour, Kenya, over the ownership and accessibility of the Indian Ocean waters.
The octogenarian leader stressed that there is no way one nation would claim total ownership of a large natural resource lake the Ocean whereas other neighbouring nations have absolutely nothing to gain from the water resource.
It’s alleged that his sentiments were echoed by Uganda’s army commander, General Mohoozi, who’s President Museveni’s biological son.
Museveni is not new to courting wars and controversies. Just the other day, Museveni publicly confirmed that he was behind the detention of two Kenyan youths, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who had crossed the border to Uganda. The two were detained by Ugandan authorities for 39 days before their release after the intervention by former President Uhuru Kenyatta and the government through Foreign Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
Museveni has been on power since 1986, and has again hinted of the possibility of going for another term in early next year when Uganda will be going to the polls.
Kenya is yet to respond to Museveni’s remarks, something that is seen to be compromising on the very fabric of East African Cooperation, and the brotherhood spirit that the two nations enjoy.
However, the remarks have left social media ablaze with Kenyans going for the jagular, and daring the Ugandan despot to make true his threats.
