Dear Ugandans, Museveni and his disciples maybe guilty of ‘environmental stupidity’ but you gave him an open cheque for the travesty

Dear Ugandans, Museveni and his disciples maybe guilty of ‘environmental stupidity’ but you gave him an open cheque for the travesty

Often the kind of education a society propagates will determine whether or not a people have the knowledge, wisdom, understanding and insights necessary to mange and conserve the environment wisely, meaningfully and effectively.

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Uprooted by cattle rustlers and bad weather from homes, banditry victims in Baringo blast President Ruto for negligence

Uprooted by cattle rustlers and bad weather from homes, banditry victims in Baringo blast President Ruto for negligence

Owing to insecurity and the torrential rains that are pounding the region currently, many people have been displaced and are in urgent need of food and shelter, besides the high risk of contracting water-borne diseases besides malaria.

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It’s coming home: Renowned for talent and love for sports, Kakamega rewarded with ticket to host East Africa Community school games

It’s coming home: Renowned for talent and love for sports, Kakamega rewarded with ticket to host East Africa Community school games

High school students from the East African Community member-states Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan and host Kenya will flock to the county that is in history books as the first to build a football stadium in East, Central and Southern Africa – Bukhungu Stadium or Football Cathedral t locals.

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Think about us too: Over 500,00 people in Daadab Refugee Camp in Kenya petition US President Trump to rethink aid freeze

Think about us too: Over 500,00 people in Daadab Refugee Camp in Kenya petition US President Trump to rethink aid freeze

Siyad Tawane, another refugee at the same camp, regretted that several health facilities are on the verge of closure as a result of the USAID funding freeze.

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Stanbic PMI: Rise in business activity hoists Kenya’s private sector growth to 27-month high in April

Stanbic PMI: Rise in business activity hoists Kenya’s private sector growth to 27-month high in April

Strengthening customer demand led to the fastest rise in new orders since February 2022, prompting businesses to expand output and increase purchasing activities.

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Kenyan minister tells African conference ‘food independence and sovereignty’ is possible

Kenyan minister tells African conference ‘food independence and sovereignty’ is possible

The meeting preceded the 2021 UN Secretary-General-convened Food Systems Summit, which aimed at drawing attention to the urgent need to accelerate progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a food systems approach, and a follow-up of UN Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) held in 2023.

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Dangerous patrimony: Why Uganda’s insecure president made daughter Natasha ‘presidential assistant in charge of household at State House’

Dangerous patrimony: Why Uganda’s insecure president made daughter Natasha ‘presidential assistant in charge of household at State House’

This is what is called political patrimony. It is the fulcrum of patronage. Other relatives of the president in his government include: Bright Rwamirama – Minister for Animal Husbandry (his cousin); Shedrack Nzeire – senior presidential advisor on defence (his step-brother); Miriam Karugaba – administrator at State House (his sister-in-law); Sabiiti Muzeyi – former deputy inspector general of police (his cousin), James Kateera – Military Commander (Cousin of his wife); Faith Mirembe – private secretary in education and social services (his cousin); Sam Kutesa – former Minister for Foreign Affairs (father-in-law of Museveni’s son, Muhoozi); Allan Matsiko – Special Forces Command’s Intelligence Director (husband of Sam Kutesa daughter, the father-in-law of Muhoozi); Jim Muhwezi – Minister For National Security (cousin of Museveni’s wife, Janet)…

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Study: Covid vaccination on pregnant women resulted in miscarriage, foetal malformations, premature birth, stillbirth, newborn asphyxia and newborn death  

Study: Covid vaccination on pregnant women resulted in miscarriage, foetal malformations, premature birth, stillbirth, newborn asphyxia and newborn death  

That study “found that among approximately 1.3 million Czech women of ages 18-39, those vaccinated against Covid-19 had approximately 33 per cent fewer successful pregnancies compared to unvaccinated women,” Hulscher said.

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Echoes of 1969 rotten egg attack on Kenya’s founding President Jomo Kenyatta as leaders condemn ‘shoe-missile’ attack on incumbent

Echoes of 1969 rotten egg attack on Kenya’s founding President Jomo Kenyatta as leaders condemn ‘shoe-missile’ attack on incumbent

Speculation about the murder spread in Lake Victoria region like a wildfire, with allegations rife of assassination by the powers-that-be. The murder, according to the allegations, was intended to divert attention from a BBC documentary that places President Ruto’s government at the centre of the killing of 62 (police’s figure is 52) young Kenyans during last year’s anti-2024-25 Finance Bill protests by mainly the youths or Gen-Z or Generation Z.

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Kisumu Port on Lake Victoria records rapid growth as data show 280,381 tonnes of cargo processed in 2024

Kisumu Port on Lake Victoria records rapid growth as data show 280,381 tonnes of cargo processed in 2024

Fuel exports continue to dominate outbound trade, accounting for 58 per cent of shipments, followed by ceramic tiles (23 per cent), construction materials and steel billets (13 per cent) and bagged fertilisers (6 per cent). These commodities are shipped to strategic regional destinations such as Jinja and Port Bell in Uganda, and Mwanza in Tanzania.

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