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Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-12-29): Google Earth images which the MP said do not give accurate representation of distances also show that the disputed island is west of Pyramid Island. However, Google Earth inaccuracies have been apparent and are adding to the confusion. When The Independent published an article titled ‘Politics of Fish in Migingo Dispute‘ in our Issue 50 of March 6-12, Google Earth indicated Mageta Island as Migingo A and another unknown island side-by-side as Migingo B. The two islands were located south of Sumba Island and adjacent to Sigulu Island. Google Earth has subsequently updated its images now showing the disputed island as Migingo C further south and west of Pyramid which is not named but whose shape is unmistakable when zoomed in. [...] There is also the issue of hundreds, if not thousands of Kenyan fishermen operating from inner Uganda islands like Sigulu, Wayasi, Hama, Lolwe, Bumba, etc. In fact Kenyans make up about 60% of the island population in Bugiri and Mayuge districts. This crisis has created insecurity among the Kenyans and if new national restrictions come into place, they may have to renounce their citizenship and become naturalised Ugandans or keep their citizenship and be subjected to a harsh fishing regime requiring work permits and annual fishing licence.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-16): Residents of Namayingo District and surrounding areas have started benefiting from the full potential of MV Sigulu ferry, five years after it was officially commissioned at Masese Landing Site in Jinja City. [...] Mr Mohammed Mulage, who transports fish from Dolwe Island Kamuli District, said the ferry has rescued the people of Sigulu and Dolwe from drowning by avoiding travelling by boat, which are risky. [...] Mr Nyembeze also urged the government to provide another ferry for Sigulu Island, specifically for its own Sub-county, acknowledging that by that time, Dolwe was under Sigulu Sub-county, the reason the ferry was named "MV Sigulu".
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-08): - ^ شاكر مصطفى, موسوعة دوال العالم الأسلامي ورجالها الجزء الثالث, (دار العلم للملايين: 1993), p. 1360 - ^ Nicolini, Beatrice (1 January 2004). Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799–1856. BRILL. p. 62. ISBN 9789004137806. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2023. [...] - ^ "NORTHERN FRONTIER DISTRICT OF KENYA (Hansard, 3 April 1963)". api.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-07-24): Map Sigulu, Uganda. Sigulu: Uganda 1: 50,000 [...] Other Title - Sigulu: Uganda 1: 50,000 Summary - This map of the Sigulu region, in Namayingo District in eastern Uganda, was issued by the Lands and Surveys Department of Uganda in 1963, and is based on aerial surveys carried out in 1948, 1952, and 1960, and on field survey data. The map shows the heavily forested islands of Bugana and Sigulu in the northeastern part of Lake Victoria and the adjacent coastal areas in Uganda and Kenya. Rocks, a navigational hazard, are indicated. An index grid in the lower left identifies adjoining sheets to this detailed survey map. The scale is 1:50,000. Distances are given in kilometers and miles. Elevations are in feet. Previously called Victoria Nyanza, Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa, the second largest freshwater lake in the world (after Lake Superior in North America), and the chief source of the Nile River. Containing many islands and archipelagos and numerous reefs, the lake lies mainly in Tanzania and Uganda and also borders on Kenya.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-06): - ^ The National Geographic Society in recent works has included an Ethiopian claim, later removed due to lack of sources. The World Factbook confirms that Ethiopia does not claim the territory - ^ "ESWATINI: Land claim falls on deaf SA ears". IRIN. 16 June 2003. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-07-03): Migingo is in Kenya, says Raila Migingo Island in Lake Victoria belongs to Kenya, Prime Minister Raila Odinga told Parliament on Tuesday. [...] The others, most considered to be in Bugiri district of Uganda, include Lolwe, Sigulu, Wakawaka, Wiyami and Remba.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-06-07): Okuro started with Opiyo, the eldest of Okwako’s sons. When he arrived at the home, he found that Opiyo was not there. He was informed that Opiyo had gone out to do his work at the hill, (sigulu). Okuro then took the report back to the old man, who in turn decided to nickname this son, Sigulu, meaning the hill. Therefore, to this day, this clan-house became known by this name, Sigulu. [...] Sigulu house is the eldest among the four Bakhulo clan houses, namely Sigulu, Adera, Situmba and Maasa. Its founding father was called Opiyo Sigulu, son of Okwako. The name Sigulu was a nick name given to Opiyo by his father, Okwako. It happened that when Opiyo’s father, Okwako was sick, he sent for all his sons one after the other for a word with them. He therefore sent Okuro his last born for them, starting with Opiyo. When the messenger arrived at Opiyo’s home, he found that he was not at home. He had gone to do his work in the hill. He then took the information back to the old man, who then decided to give this son a nickname, Sigulu. This house then became known by this name, Sigulu. [...] SIGULU – i) SIGALA-MUBEBA-OLWENYI
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2013-04-04): Kenya_western.tifMap 1 shows the territorial homeland of Luyia tribesmen in Kenya. Luyia territory borders Ugandan districts of Busia, Tororo, Manafwa, Sironko, and Mbale⁴. to the west and northwest. Busia is a typical example of the idiocy of the so-called Scramble for Africa under which European colonial powers sliced the continent into spheres of influence at the Berlin Conference of 1885. The border of Uganda and Kenya demarcates Busia almost into half-splitting families (see p.289) into two different nationalities. The people of Samia Bugwe in Uganda belong to the same ethno-linguistic lineage as the Samia of Kenya while Abanyala have large brethren in Uganda’s Kayunga District and Sigulu Island in Lake Victoria. Bunyala district (hived off Busia in 2007) has the largest water mass in Buluyia by virtue of bordering Lake Victoria to the southwest and is also the river mouth of Nzoia in the lowlands of Budalang’i division. The Luyia border Ugandan tribes of Teso (Kenya and Uganda), Bagwere, and Nilotic Padhola while only Mount Elgon (Masaba) separates the brotherhood of Bukusu and Bagisu (collectively known as Bamasaaba).
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-01-01): Through the years their church and ministry has grown tremendously. We are so very blessed to be part of their growth and ministry in Uganda. Repairer of Broken Walls Church is the headquarters of Repairer churches. It is located in Bujuuko 17 miles from Kampala, the Capital City of Uganda. They have planted 10 other branches in different parts of Uganda. In Kyegegwa district (western Uganda), we have 4 churches: Kyanjogeza, Mugega, Bwenjiri and Kazinga. In Mpigi district (central Uganda), we have 1 branch church, at Kisammula. In Wakiso district (central Uganda) we have 1 branch church at Kawalira. In Mubende district (central Uganda) 1 branch church at Madudu. In Namayingo district (Eastern Uganda), 2 branches; Sigulu and Hasusuni. In Mayuge district (Eastern Uganda), Mayuge church.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-11-22): The National Health Policy (2010), as indicated in its long title, seeks to promote people9s health to enhance socio-economic development. It indicates that whereas health indicators have improved over time, such remains unsatisfactory and disparities continue to exist. Indeed, in hard-to-reach places like Sigulu, the state of health care is far behind the general projections of health care in the country.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-07-14): The Saturday Standard has established that contradicting statements from then Labour Minister Peter Okondo and his Foreign Affairs counterpart Wilson Ayah -- both now deceased -- over ownership of Sigulu island gave Uganda ammunition to take over other islands believed to be on the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria. [...] The Kenyan residents of Sigulu have since the early 1970s become naturalised Ugandan citizens, and have their representatives in Ugandan Parliament and other local authorities in Samia Bugwe and Bugiri districts of Eastern Uganda. [...] The seizure of Sigulu has since divided many Banyala people into the two countries, with some remaining at Port Victoria on the Kenyan mainland, while half of their families became Ugandan citizens against their wishes.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-01-18): Migingo might easily be East Africa’s Bakassi, the only difference being that the stakes are not over huge oil reserves but over fish in fact declining fish stocks! Uganda and Kenya are once again clashing over ownership of the rocky islands of Migingo in Lake Victoria for the second time in a period of five months. The latest flare-up came on February 21 when many Kenyan fishermen fled the island following the arrest of Kenyan administration police officers by Ugandan authorities. The Kenyan police officers had gone to the island and allegedly, pulled down the Ugandan flag and hoisted Kenyaâ€™s in its place. [...] All this shows how Migingo Island is perceived as of great significance to by both countries given that the waters around the island are said to be rich in Nile Perch. In fact for many years, Kenyans and Ugandans have been fishing around this and other eastern Uganda islands like Sigulu, Lolwe, Wayasi, Hama, etc but selling their catch to processing plants at Port Victoria and Kisumu â€" both in Kenya â€" thus causing loss of revenue to the Uganda government.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-01-01): - Contested territories - Area 0.002 km² - Density 65,500 people per km² Migingo is an island in Lake Victoria on the border of Kenya and Uganda. It is half the size of a football pitch, less than 2,000 square meters. Yet, with 500 inhabitants, it makes it one of the most densely populated islands in Africa and the world. It has its own restaurant, pharmacy, hotel and bars. In 2004 Uganda took control over the island and in 2009 it forced Kenyan inhabitants to obtain special permits to operate their businesses. Then the two nations got on the brink of what was considered to be the world’s ‘smallest war’. The dispute centers mostly on the fishing rights in the vicinity of the island, which is rich with Nile perch.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2011-12-01): In the early morning on the day of initiation people would gather in song at the initiation grounds. When the door was opened the boys would step outside holding a stick called Tsinundu and rush towards the place of circumcision. After circumcision they were taken into seclusion, where they would stay for about three months before they were welcomed back home. On the day of their return there would be a big ceremony, called Shisialo, and in the evening every initiate would be taken to his new house built by the father. [...] Nyala is a member of the macro-language Oluluyia, spoken by the Abanyala. The Banyala are in two groups -Banyala ba Ndombi (Kakamega) and Banyala ba Magero (Busia). [...] Origins of the community: The earliest ancestors of the Abasamia came from Egypt on foot. When they left Egypt they went to Mukono in Uganda. They then sailed by boat as far as Sikulu (Sigulu) Island, then travelled to Lwambwa in Bunyala. They then spread out all over the district. When they migrated from Egypt, they spoke Olusamia (the Oluluyia dialect of Samia). Their food was fish, meat, cow peas, fruits, sorghum, millet and eleusine (annual and perennial grasses of savannah and upland grasses) meal.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Kenya (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (1997-11-17): Sigulu Island .. .. 8u5'!g.i .. 13/Ul Tenxc gravcls and quanz vcins. pegma111e . [...] Singu .. s9nv Quartz-grcisen veins. [...] BORDER AUTHORITIES. The DRC Delegation to the meeting was headed by the BENI TERRITORY ADMINISTRATOR MR.SIKULIYU VASAKA
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-08-31): MV Sigulu makes maiden trip to Namayingo District Residents of Namayingo broke into celebration after the MV Sigulu made its maiden expedition to the isolated island district a year after undergoing trials on Lake Victoria. [...] MV Sigulu, a government undertaking, was constructed by JGH Marine, a Danish firm, at a cost of Shs16b to connect Sigulu and Lolwe Islands to Lugala mainland in Namayingo District.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-12-03): The 300-seater MV Sigulu, which will connect Namayingo mainland to Sigulu and Dolwe islands in Lake Victoria will help islanders access social services, transport produce, boost fishing and reduce water transport mortality occasioned by rickety vessels/boats, according to Mr Museveni’s senior press secretary, Mr Don Wanyama. [...] Sigulu ferry is now Uganda's largest passenger vessel, according to Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). [...] MV Sigulu, a government undertaking, was constructed by JGH Marine, a Danish firm, at a cost of Shs16b to connect Sigulu and Lolwe Islands to Lugala mainland in Namayingo District.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-08-17): Residents of Namayingo District gather around MV Sigulu after docking at Bumalenge Landing Site, Sigulu Sub-county, on Friday. PHOTO/ MOSES OKEYA Residents of Namayingo broke into celebration after the MV Sigulu made its maiden expedition to the isolated island district a year after undergoing trials on Lake Victoria. [...] MV Sigulu, a government undertaking, was constructed by JGH Marine, a Danish firm, at a cost of Shs16b to connect Sigulu and Lolwe Islands to Lugala mainland in Namayingo District.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-08-17): Residents of Namayingo broke into celebration after the MV Sigulu made its maiden expedition to the isolated island district a year after undergoing trials on Lake Victoria. [...] MV Sigulu, a government undertaking, was constructed by JGH Marine, a Danish firm, at a cost of Shs16b to connect Sigulu and Lolwe Islands to Lugala mainland in Namayingo District. Okumu said the ferry was, upon completion, supposed to be taken to Sigulu Island as ‘an Easter gift’ from the government. "Though this time, most of the district leadership was aware of the coming of the vessel, residents weren’t. This is a very big achievement for the island. We are glad that the government has kept its promise and I am optimistic that the vessel is going to help many people," he said.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-01-01): The ferry connects Islanders of Sigulu & Lolwe, over 50Kms away from mainland Namayingo District, a distance previously sailed by canoes & small engine boats. Sigulu ferry is now Uganda's LARGEST passenger ferry with 300 passenger capacity & space for over 18 M/Vs. The recently completed Musita-Lumino/Busia-Majanji road provides a connection to Namayingo town which is a few minutes to Watega landing site where the MV Sigulu sails to the islands
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Facts and figures on Sigulu Islands at a glance Region name: Sigulu Islands (Sigulu Islands)Status: Municipality
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-09-17): Transport woes for residents of Lolwe and Sigulu sub-counties in Namayingo District will soon be history when Uganda’s largest ferry starts floating on Lake Victoria. [...] The long awaited MV Sigulu, a government undertaking, is meant to serve residents of Lolwe and Sigulu sub-counties in Namayingo District. [...] "MV Sigulu ferry now under construction at Masese, Jinja. Progress at 95 percent. UNRA executive director [Ms Allen Kagina] inspects ongoing works," said UNRA's media relations manager, Mr Allan Sempebwa, on Wednesday.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-06-14): Sigulu Ferry is in the advanced stages of construction to serve Namayingo district by connecting the Namayingo mainland to Sigulu Island and Lolwe Island on Lake Victoria. The landing sites where the ferry will dock are being developed accordingly. This ferry will provide a safe means for the communities to travel at costs met by the Government. Overall, the project will positively impact the communities through increased volumes of trade, tourism, increased access to social services especially those, which are lacking or inadequate in the islands.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-07-01): The population development of Sigulu Island as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-07-24): Map Sigulu, Uganda. Sigulu: Uganda 1: 50,000 Title - Sigulu, Uganda. Other Title - Sigulu: Uganda 1: 50,000
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-16): How MV Sigulu is changing the fortunes of Namayingo [...] Residents of Namayingo District and surrounding areas have started benefiting from the full potential of MV Sigulu ferry, five years after it was officially commissioned at Masese Landing Site in Jinja City. [...] Mr Nyembeze also urged the government to provide another ferry for Sigulu Island, specifically for its own Sub-county, acknowledging that by that time, Dolwe was under Sigulu Sub-county, the reason the ferry was named "MV Sigulu".
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Uganda,[b] officially the Republic of Uganda,[c] is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, it lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. As of 2024[update], it has a population of over 49 million, of which 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala. [...] The Protectorate of Uganda was a protectorate of the British Empire from 1894 to 1962. In 1893, the Imperial British East Africa Company transferred its administration rights of territory consisting mainly of the Kingdom of Buganda to the British government. The IBEAC relinquished its control over Uganda after Ugandan internal religious wars had driven it into bankruptcy.[27] [...] - ^ Kiguli, Julie; et al. (2009). "Increasing access to quality health care for the poor: community perceptions on quality care in Uganda". Patient Preference and Adherence. 3: 77–85. doi:10.2147/ppa.s4091. PMC 2778436. PMID 19936148.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-17): Africa-Press – Uganda. Residents of Namayingo District and surrounding areas have started benefiting from the full potential of MV Sigulu ferry, five years after it was officially commissioned at Masese Landing Site in Jinja City. [...] Mr Mohammed Mulage, who transports fish from Dolwe Island Kamuli District, said the ferry has rescued the people of Sigulu and Dolwe from drowning by avoiding travelling by boat, which are risky. [...] Mr Nyembeze also urged the government to provide another ferry for Sigulu Island, specifically for its own Sub-county, acknowledging that by that time, Dolwe was under Sigulu Sub-county, the reason the ferry was named "MV Sigulu".
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-13): - ^ Uganda Protectorate annual report, Government Printer, Entebbe, 1959 - ^ "Uganda: Administrative units". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 2013-05-11. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-07-01): "Here, When You Are Poor, You Die": Healthcare on Sigulu Islands This report, focuses on Sigulu islands, an amalgamation of islands in Namayingo District, and finds widespread disparities in access to health care with the lack of health facilities, poor state of existing facilities and the lack of ambulances and emergency services. Failure to address these disparities disproportionately affects women and poor people living in remote areas.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-04-01): In May of 2010, Wings of Grace International began a new water project, placing 30 water stations on Sigulu Island in Lake Victoria, Uganda. The Island of Sigulu has numerous villages with an estimated population of 10,000 people, who tend to be fishermen, farmers, and their families. Sigulu is a beautiful island with an abundance of vegetation. Inhabitants use the water from the lake, to bathe themselves, wash their clothes, and to take their drinking water…water which is not clean, as there is runoff of excrement into the same water and Bilharzia quite rampant at the shore.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-07): Consultations on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence [SGBV] Prevention and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights [SRHR] in Namayingo District [Sigulu Sub-County]. [...] The General Assembly, Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Rafts and Marine Pyrotechnics for MV Sigulu Ferry under a framework Contract for three (03) years
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-10-30): UNRA alone operates over 10 ferries in various water bodies, countrywide. This includes, MV Kiyindi-Buvuma which navigates the route from Kiyindi to Buvuma and MV Sigulu which connects Namayingo district to the islands of Lolwe and Sigulu.
Claim: Sigulu is a territory of Uganda (Sigulu, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-06-22): Minister Mukula testified that he visited Sigulu Islands, in Bugiri District to carry out supervision of GF activities. However, the Commission had evidence showing that the purpose of the trip was to follow up an H.E. the President’s directive to establish a Health Center III on the Island. There was no mention of the GF in the pre-visit report to the Minister from the DDHS, Bugiri District. This visit falls in the category Minister Mukula described as administering "political medicine." Worse still the Commission had evidence from the districts that showed that the trips paid for never took place. The PMU released Shs.8,514,000/= for Minister Mukula and the DDHS to inspect Malaria activities in the districts of Kaberamaido, Katwaki, Soroti, Kumi and Sironko. The accountabilities submitted in relation to that trip were of March 24th—31st March, 2005. However, according to the DDHS Kumi, Minister Mukula’s only visit to the district in relation to malaria activities was made much earlier in June 2004.