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Uganda refuses to withdraw forces from Lake Victoria islands.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report by Elisha Otieno entitled "Ugandan officers defy orders to leave islands" published by Kenyan privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation website on 30 May

Ugandan security forces on the disputed Migingo and Ugingo islands in Lake Victoria have defied exit orders issued by the Kenyan government.

The officers have stayed put and continued with their operations despite eviction threats issued by Nyanza Provincial Commissioner [PC] Francis Mutie.

The PC had issued quit orders to both the Ugandans and Kenyans who had moved to Ugingo Island in a bid to restore calm in the area.

But some of the Ugandan officers said they had not received …

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