Suspected terrorists blown up by explosive in Ugandan capital by device intended for Christian martyrs  event

Suspected terrorists blown up by explosive in Ugandan capital by device intended for Christian martyrs event

Uganda is marking a holiday on Tuesday to remember a group of Christian martyrs who were killed between 1885 and 1887 on the orders of a local king.

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Angry Kenyan engineers question why state trains them but hires Chinese for mega infrastructure projects

Angry Kenyan engineers question why state trains them but hires Chinese for mega infrastructure projects

Currently, women make up only about 14 per cent of engineers in Kenya, a figure Kiteme described as alarmingly low, especially given the volume of ongoing and upcoming development projects.

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Police reservists lay bare hitherto unknown illicit narcotics trafficking in northern Kenya after netting 72 bales of marijuana

Police reservists lay bare hitherto unknown illicit narcotics trafficking in northern Kenya after netting 72 bales of marijuana

The government has of late heightened surveillance and patrols along the porous border with Ethiopia as efforts are redoubled to get rid of criminals and illegal trade including human trafficking.

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Fighting between South Sudanese military and local militias kills scores of civilians

Fighting between South Sudanese military and local militias kills scores of civilians

The fighting has led to UN warnings that South Sudan is again on the brink of civil war. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to send to South Sudan a group of eight deportees from Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere who have been convicted in the US of serious crimes, sparking a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court.

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Tittle tootle: Embu governor pleads with Kenya’s president not downlist intoxicant herb from crops schedule

Tittle tootle: Embu governor pleads with Kenya’s president not downlist intoxicant herb from crops schedule

Speaking on Sunday during Madaraka Days celebrations held at Makima Primary School grounds in Mbeere South Constituency, the governor said the move will deal a big blow to the economy of the county and hurt thousands of families that rely on it for survival.

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Man who secured conviction of terrorist involved in Kenya, Tanzania bombings to be deputy attorney in Manhattan in US

Man who secured conviction of terrorist involved in Kenya, Tanzania bombings to be deputy attorney in Manhattan in US

While a prosecutor, Sean Buckley brought charges against a Vietnamese man who pleaded guilty in 2016 to plotting to detonate an explosive in London’s Heathrow Airport, and secured the 2015 trial conviction of a top Osama bin Laden deputy in connection with the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Police admit Nakuru City in Kenya’s Rift Valley region has evolved into playground for foreign criminals

Police admit Nakuru City in Kenya’s Rift Valley region has evolved into playground for foreign criminals

Police in Nakuru have arrested seven members of a dangerous gang, among them Tanzanian nationals from Tarime Region, which last night gunned down a police officer and seriously injured two others in a fierce gun-battle. In the past six months, Nakuru, which was elevated to city in 2021, has evolved...

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Civil society exposes FDA and CDC failure to monitor, report Covid vaccine safety signals as millions died

Civil society exposes FDA and CDC failure to monitor, report Covid vaccine safety signals as millions died

Evans said that for any potential safety signals detected through either method of data mining, the FDA and CDC “promised to investigate whether the adverse events associated with the signals were caused by the shots.”

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Procurement laws are violated with impunity in Kenya, Supplies Management Institute says it raises red flags

Procurement laws are violated with impunity in Kenya, Supplies Management Institute says it raises red flags

John Karani, the chairman of the institute said professionals who are licensed but are flouting procurement laws risk being debarred and stopped from practicing. Karani said the institute with over 25,000 members is geared towards enhancing professionalism in the sector noting that tens of members are already facing disciplinary and administrative sanctions.

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How Uganda is a classic case of environmental corruption polluting environmental democracy

How Uganda is a classic case of environmental corruption polluting environmental democracy

Development should mean qualitative improvement in human rights, democracy and freedom of choice. When one says he or she is experiencing development, that person should be saying that today more than yesterday and tomorrow more than today, one is enjoying maximum progress in all the dimensions of human welfare”.

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