Corruption, lack of professionalism cited again in collapsed building Kenyan capital that killed four people

Corruption, lack of professionalism cited again in collapsed building Kenyan capital that killed four people

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku accused the county government inspection unit of failing to play by the rules. Speaking to the media from the site of the minister said the residents associations had sent 43 letters to the county government citing construction anomalies to no avail.

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New Year agony as elephants raid farms in central Kenya and destroy acres of cropland

New Year agony as elephants raid farms in central Kenya and destroy acres of cropland

Peter Kuria, also a farmer, said they had incurred losses amounting to millions of shillings, following destruction of their crops by straying elephants and other herbivores. However, compensation offered by the government was a tedious bureaucratic process that took long and failed to offer immediate relief.

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Museveni dynasty: How 40 years of family misrule silenced Ugandans’ voice, stymied hopes of a people

Museveni dynasty: How 40 years of family misrule silenced Ugandans’ voice, stymied hopes of a people

In Uganda power is no longer just what you acquire through election to a political office, say the office of president of Uganda. Power has become inheritance. There is clear evidence that President Tibuhaburwa Yoweri Museveni has demonstrated, not  announced, that his son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, is the one he wants to inherit power from him.

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