evidence: In Lake Victoria, the territory shared among Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, presents another territorial question between Kenya by Uganda. Uganda is claiming the 2,000 square meters of territory, the Migingo Island, and started making expressions of sovereign control around 2004. The Island and its surrounding waters have, however, been historically understood to belong to Kenya’s sovereignty. [...] For instance, in 2004, Uganda deployed its military around Migingo Island, with the initial intention of warding of armed pirates preying on Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian fishermen in Lake Victoria. Migingo Island proved strategic to Uganda’s surveillance operations. After the Ugandan security forces had successfully rid the lake of armed pirates in 2004, they instituted taxes in Migingo Island in return for ‘security’. Uganda’s ‘security operation’ and the strategic importance of the Island, stretched Ugandan interests into declaring the ownership of the Island. Subsequently, Ugandan and Kenyan security authorities have scrambled for control over the Island, with Ugandan authorities pulling the Kenyan flag down. [...] Photo: Migingo Island in Lake Victoria. The Island has been the source of tension between Kenya and Uganda for a long time (Photo Credit: Jeroen Van Loon/Al Jazeera)