4 people, including 3 police officers, die after an IED explodes near police station in northern Kenya
The latest attack followed another one on Sunday in coastal Kenya’s Lamu County, where two police reservists were also killed. The area has a forest that has often been the site of security operations because it’s a known hideout of al-Shabab militants.
Rwandan woman Anitha Ingabire’s epic story of rising above adversity through courage, grit
Ingabire’s inspiring journey is a sign of triumph over adversity. The completion of her beautiful house in Kigali sends the message that perseverance can indeed conquer obstacles. She currently works as an architectural engineer and real estate agent.
Refugee ration cuts in Uganda risk long-term social damage as host nation mulls border closure
Increasingly threadbare aid budgets mean many of the 1.5 million refugees in the country – one of the world’s largest refugee-hosting nations – are now receiving less than 40 per cent of their basic survival rations, while others are getting less or nothing at all.
Father to son: When Ugandan Ogre is eating his children only his Brat and hangers-on get nod into the kraal
In my book Political and Leadership History of Uganda: From British Colonial Era to Movement Era, which has been in the press since July 2023, I unequivocally state that the political trajectory of Uganda will be determined, not by the genuine citizens of Uganda but by three men: Lawyer Nobert Mao (no relation the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba (from last week the Chief of Defense Forces, CDF) and Tibuhaburwa Museveni (still the president of Uganda, 38 years since capturing the instruments of power through the barrel of the gun on January 25, 1986). The three, I wrote, will strategise together to de-enfranchise Ugandans, transfer the power of selecting a president of Uganda to parliament and ensure that the current president, retains power, not through the popular vote but through the members of parliament who to date profess NRM.
Water: Kenyans in semi-arid regions turn to sand dams on seasonal rivers to trap surface runoff
Many people in Kenya’s dry southeastern region rely on boreholes and rivers for water, but many boreholes produce saline water and permanent rivers are few and far for most people. Earth dams are another source, but they’re also few and require regular desilting.
Environmental militarisation: Rhetoric about independence in Uganda conceals the truism that civic spaces are polluted by military choices
It is no longer a secret that President Tibuhaburwa Museveni despises Uganda’s civilians who depend directly on the land for their livelihoods or have origins in the land based indigenous groups of Bantu and Luo. Naturally he is more attracted to the nomadic pastoral communities, but not those who are not Tutsi-Hima. He has made sure that virtually all institutions of government in all civic spaces and non-civic spaces (army, police) are predominantly governed by people of Tutsi-Hima ethnicity. People from other ethnicities are left in specific positions to serve second fiddle to these ones.
In Uganda, bamboo has government’s backing as a crop with real growth potential
This East African country is seeing growing interest in bamboo, a perennial plant cultivated in many parts of the world. It can be burned for fuel in rural communities, taking pressure off dwindling forest reserves of eucalyptus and other natural resources. It’s a hardy plant that can grow almost anywhere. And businesses can turn it into products ranging from furniture to toothpicks.
How stereotypes, undiplomatic profiling by ex-US envoy to Kenya landed President Ruto in warm embrace of America
This is rather interesting as over the years, the ODM leader has used American experts for branding and messaging, which in most cases is barely different from what his rivals propagate.
US’ view of Ruto as ‘Golden Boy’ is a blinder to give Americans a carte blanche into Kenya’s military bases – experts
The positive image has further been bolstered by Kenya’s First Family’s longstanding association with the American Evangelical Churches that resulted in the recent visit to Kenya by renowned televangelist Pastor Benny Hinn from February 24-26.
Wild social media: Kenya tells TikTok to prove it is complying with privacy laws
Odanga Madung, a researcher at the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation, said the problems described by Kindiki were widespread across social media platforms.
