County Commissioner Michael Ole Tialal. [Photo/eacc.co.ke]
The Migingo Island issue has long bedeviled the Kenya-Uganda relations, pitting the Ugandan police against the Kenyan fishermen.Politicians, especially from counties bordering Lake Victoria, have called on the Kenyan Government to firmly address the issue by sending a strong message to the Ugandan Government.Uhuru Kenyatta's administration has largely steered clear of any action that may jeopardize the bilateral relations between the two countries, choosing to stay on the path of diplomacy instead.A meeting between the two countries designed to defuse existing tensions is in the offing.This was revealed by Busia County Commissioner Michael Ole Tialal yesterday.''The purpose of these is to identify the issues that are there and see how we can have the amicably resolved because these are issues that can be amicably resolved. Conflict will only make matters worse,'' Commissioner Ole Tialal said.