He also credited Kenyan President William Ruto for supporting the new arrangement, which allows Uganda to transport its petroleum products through Kenya’s pipeline network. President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda significantly reduced the cost of importing petroleum products after ending an arrangement in which the country sourced fuel through middlemen in Kenya. Museveni made the […]
Ameir married President Samia in 1978, and the couple went on to raise four children. Hafidh Ameir Hassan, husband to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has died at the age of 78. The death was announced on Monday by Vice President Deogratius Ndejembi, who said Ameir passed away at about 8:00am at Zanzibar People’s Defense […]
Following her death, the family says they have encountered fresh challenges in trying to bring her body home. A family in Bungoma County is mourning the loss of their daughter, sister and mother, Sarah Nangila Kaita, who died in Qatar on July 19 after spending several weeks in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) battling a […]
Meanwhile, Susan Joan Alobo, an official from the ministry, said government will continue monitoring the welfare of Ugandans living abroad and provide support where necessary. The Ugandan government has successfully evacuated 1,130 Ugandan nationals from South Africa following a directive by Acting Foreign Affairs Minister, Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune. Speaking during a press briefing, Minister Kasolo […]
“Whatever the attitudes of the North Africans, they’re representatives of Africa,” Mayiga said. “Morocco and especially Egypt, which depends on the River Nile, are still in the race and ought to be supported by all of us.” The Prime Minister of the Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga, has dismissed criticism questioning Africa’s allocation of 10 […]
“I believe I am among the most highly educated people in Kenya. Unfortunately, despite these qualifications and academic achievements, I remain unemployed,” he wrote. A Kenyan academician with two doctoral degrees has sparked widespread debate on social media after revealing that he remains unemployed despite his impressive educational achievements. Dr. Eric Mutwiri, a specialist in […]
The former Chief Justice was dressed in a green T-shirt associated with the United Green Movement party and carried twigs as part of the symbolic protest. Former Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga was briefly detained on Monday after joining environmental activists protesting a government proposal to allocate part of Nairobi National Park for development projects […]
“I am a Rwandan by heritage, born in Uganda and a full Ugandan citizen,” Muganga stated, adding that he neither possesses a Rwandan passport nor holds citizenship of Rwanda. Victoria University Vice Chancellor Dr. Lawrence Muganga has renewed his defense against allegations surrounding his citizenship status, insisting that claims linking him to Rwanda were not […]
One of the returnees, 33-year-old Ugandan national Ikol Grace, arrived with her two children, Ayuma Maria, aged 8, and Oryema Bosco, aged 2. Grace was reportedly abducted in 2003 at the age of 10 from Amuria District by the LRA. The Government of Uganda has repatriated two women formerly held in captivity by the rebel […]
“After consultations with the national epidemic response task force and religious leaders, we have decided to postpone the Martyrs’ Day celebrations to a later date, which will be communicated,” President Museveni said. The Government has postponed this year’s Martyrs’ Day celebrations following the reported Ebola-related death of a traveller from the Democratic Republic of Congo […]