Museveni’s white elephant: Touted as an economic springboard, Bujagali dam is yet to deliver electricity, has stymied indigenous cultures
When, therefore, government and its accomplices said that the spiritual and cultural issues of the Basoga had been resolved, they never provided evidence of consent by the clans of Busoga because they had never sought this consent from clan leaders. This was a blind spot in the Bujagali dam decision-making process, which seriously challenged its legitimacy.
Kenya forecasts budget deficit will fall to 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product next fiscal year
The budget deficit is expected to drop further to 3.3 per cent of GDP in the 2026/27 fiscal year, the finance ministry said in the draft budget outlook paper seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
In wake of anti-tax protests and credit worthiness downgrades, Kenya begins national debt audit
During the height of the protests, President William Ruto appointed a committee to perform the audit. However, several appointees, including the head of the Law Society of Kenya, declined the appointments, saying the task should be carried out by the auditor-general.
Land ethic: In Uganda, state is like an engineer who respects mechanical wisdom because he created it, but disrespects ecological wisdom
The Uganda government is likely to continue with bulldozing the construction of dams in total disregard of sustainable ecology, sustainable environment, sustainable development and environmental justice because it lacks the concept of democratic development, which takes away people’s traditional wisdom, traditions, culture and spirituality in account, preferring mechanistic development, which is committed to sowing the sterile culture of money that international financial institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are committed to proliferating in every part of the world.
How Kenyan church named Good News presided over cult massacre that haunts survivors
Many of Africa’s evangelical churches are run like sole proprietorships, without the guidance of trustee boards or laity. Pastors are often unaccountable, deriving authority from their perceived ability to perform miracles or make prophecies. Some, like Mackenzie, can seem all-powerful.
Trouble with Uganda: We abuse land because as a community we regard it as our entitlement, therefore can defile it
Environmental racism, then, is a critical term that highlights environmental framings which disproportionally negatively affect people of colour (Dickinson, 2012) and advantage whites (Bullard, 2001). Environmental apartheid and environmental racism imply absence of environmental justice. People are pressed to the margins of nature where the ecology is unfriendly and hardly enjoy ecological health.
Adani fraud: Flights grounded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest award of tender to Indian firm
The Kenya Airports Authority said in a statement that it was “engaging relevant parties to normalise operations” and urged passengers to contact respective airlines to confirm flight status.
Karma returns: Kenyan hospital announces death of man accused of setting Ugandan Olympic athlete on fire
Rebecca Cheptegei former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, died at 7:50 p.m. (1650 GMT) on Monday, said Daniel Lang’at, a spokesperson at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret in western Kenya, where Cheptegei was also treated and died.
Tanzanian opposition official is plucked out of bus, beaten to death and body doused with acid
Acid attacks are not unusual in Tanzania, where some opposition figures in the past have been physically assaulted or even shot.
Financial Times: Kenyan court halts Adani takeover of the East African nation’s international airport
The proposed takeover spurred protests when it was revealed in July and the Kenya Aviation Workers Union also opposed the plans, which it argued would lead to job cuts and employment of foreigners.
