Uganda, Dec. 7 -- While it should not matter, permit me to disclose that I am Kenyan, although I trace my ancestry to Uganda. History tells me that in the 1700s, the Abakunta ancestors-Kiboyye and Witewe-migrated from Uganda after involvement in a dispute between Jjunju, the 26th king of the Buganda Kingdom, and his brother Ssemakookiro that led to the death of the king. Kiboye and Witewe settled in Mfangano and Gwassi, respectively, giving birth to the present-day Suba people, the dominant ethnic community in Suba North and Suba South Constituencies in Kenya to which I belong.

Based on my background, it is not wrong to say that I am Ugandan or, more precisely, Kenyan with Ugandan roots. I have-or so I suppose-as much authority as every ...