After a hiatus of more than 45 years, the Festival of African Arts and Culture (FESTAC), hailed by organizers as ‘Africa’s biggest cultural celebration,’ is gearing up for its 5th edition. Following successful comebacks in 2022 in Zanzibar and 2023 in Arusha, the 2024 edition will be hosted in Kisumu, Kenya from August 25 to […]
A Ugandan military court has ordered the release of 32 Kenyan nationals who were previously sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The decision by the General Court Martial (GCM), which convened late Wednesday, overturned an earlier ruling by a lower court. The GCM found procedural irregularities during last […]
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 […]
A high-level meeting held at State House Entebbe on 17th April, 2024 has paved the way for the establishment of the Kampala Marathon, a prestigious event with an investment worth USD4.6m. The meeting hosted by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, saw the participation of Ambassador Dr. Amina J. Mohamed, the former Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Heritage, […]
Embeera ya Loodi Meeya wa Kampala, Elias Lukwago tewoomya nnakabululu, yaddusiddwa mu ddwaliro lya Nairobi Hospital e Kenya ng’obulumi bumususseeko. Abamuli ku lusegere bagamba nti okutuuka okusalawo okumutwala e Kenya yasoose kutwalibwa mu malwaliro ag’enjawulo mu ggwanga okuli ery’e Lubaga gye yaweereddwa ku bujjanjabi naye ng’embeera tekyukako. Kigambibwa nti era Omuloodi yagendako ne mu ddwaliro […]
The President of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday hosted Kenya’s President, William Ruto together with Raila Odinga, the leading opposition figure in Kenya. The trio met at President Museveni’s farm in Kisozi where they held talks in regards to the future of their two countries and the entire East African Community at large. […]
Two people have been arrested in connection to the murder of Kenyan-born Ugandan long-distance runner, Benjamin Kiplagat. Kiplagat was discovered dead with a knife wound to his neck inside his brother’s vehicle on New Year’s Eve in Eldoret, Kenya. Moiben sub-county Police Commander Stephen Okal revealed that the preliminary investigations indicate that the motive behind […]
The East African Community (EAC) Regional Force has started to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Kenyan contingent, part of the EAC Regional Force, departed from the Goma airport in the eastern North Kivu province on Sunday morning, following the DRC authorities’ decision to deem the regional force ineffective. After a summit […]