The second African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on family, values, and Sovereignty has kicked off from the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe. The conference, widely viewed as an avenue for African legislators to chart ways of fighting against homosexuality is also expected to continue the fight against some of the influence of the European Union through […]
Mourners at the burial of Kenya’s Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) Gen Francis Ogolla have asked for a speedy investigation into circumstances that led to his death. Gen Ogolla was among the occupants of a military helicopter that went down on Thursday afternoon shortly after takeoff in the northwest of Kenya. The nine others killed […]
The President of Kenya, William Ruto on Thursday confirmed the death of Gen. Francis Omondi Ogolla, Kenya’s Commander of Defence Forces (CDF) whose death resulted from a helicopter crash. President Ruto reported Gen. Ogolla’s death with eight other military officers of different ranks who were aboard on the same helicopter. Who is General Francis Ogolla? General […]
A Kenyan military helicopter has crashed near the country’s border with Somalia. Preliminary reports indicate that eight people who were on board including the Kenya Chief of Defense Forces Francis Ogolla are all dead. According to the Kenyan Department of Defense, the crash occurred in the county of Lamu in coastal Kenya as the Kenyan […]
Government officials, trade representatives from Uganda and South Sudan have agreed to strengthen cross-border trade relations and foster regional integration. This was during a meeting convened at Nimule Border on Tuesday. The meeting provided a platform for in-depth discussions on various issues impacting trade between the two Partner States, with a particular emphasis on the […]
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), in its joint operation with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), yesterday on Monday April 8, 2024, put out of action an Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)commander and the outfit’s medic known as ‘Dr’ Musa. ‘Dr’ Musa was killed in action by a joint mobile squad […]
“Uganda is ranked 3rd highest contributor of malaria cases (5.4 percent) and 7th highest contributor of malaria deaths globally (2.9 percent),” said the Minister for Health, Jane Ruth Aceng. According to the minister, Uganda is at high risk of malaria due to our climatic conditions. She said that the most affected populations include children, pregnant women and […]
A South African national, Joachim Ugochukwu Onyeako has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for kidnapping with the intention to procure a ransom. Onyeako was sentenced by a panel of three Court of Appeal Justices comprised of Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Justices Christopher Gashirabake, and Oscar Kihiika on grounds that the offense to […]
A majority of the world’s population has experienced a decline in press freedom in recent years, according to a UN report. In east Africa, the results are mixed and debatable. In Uganda, both international rankings and local journalists say media freedom has declined. In neighbouring Rwanda, both international press freedom rankings and journalists on the […]
Tanzania’s former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi passed away on Thursday at the age of 98, the country’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan said. Mwinyi served as the second president of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995, succeeding the country’s founding president, Julius Nyerere. Hassan announced Mwinyi’s death on state-owned Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation, revealing that he passed away […]