In July 2009, the Ugandan government shifted its official position, stating that while Migingo Island was Kenyan, much of the waters near it were Ugandan.
Mnamo Julai 2009, serikali ya Uganda ilibadilisha msimamo wake rasmi, ikisema kwamba wakati Kisiwa cha Migingo kilikuwa cha Kenya, maji mengi karibu nayo yalikuwa ya Uganda.