How the spirit of ‘live and let live’ in Busoga Kingdom has been hijacked, defiled by Museveni and fellow Tutsi gladiators
The current Kyabazinga of Busoga, William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Gabula Nadiope IV was appointed an ambassador of special duties by President Tibuhaburwa Museveni (The New Vision, 2017) in addition to giving him a monthly allowance of Ush60 million ($16,110) and funds to study for a PhD degree.
As Kenyan police in Haiti lament about salaries and equipment, US is planning UN peacekeeping force to fight gangs
The US is mulling a UN peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top US diplomat said on Wednesday. Brian A. Nichols, US assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, spoke hours...
Letter says committee on foreign investments warned Nippon its US Steel bid was a national security risk
In the letter, which has not been previously reported, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) said the deal would damage American steel production and decrease the likelihood that US Steel would continue to aggressively seek trade remedies, the people who were familiar with the matter said, adding that the companies were given until Wednesday to respond.
Republican Liz Cheney backs Harris, describes Republican candidate Trump as a ‘danger’
Liz Cheney was in House Republican leadership at the time of the January 6 attack but broke with most of her caucus over Trump’s responsibility.
Prison looming: Trump’s plea to federal judge to intervene in hush money conviction tossed out
In a four-page ruling, Hellerstein wrote that nothing about the high court’s July 1 ruling affected his previous conclusion that hush money payments at issue in Trump’s case “were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority.”
Linking Busoga, Buganda and Luhyia kingdoms: East Africa’s most advanced indigenous nations in lacustrine region ravaged by colonialism
The similarities between the Luhyia and Basoga may suggest that there existed a powerful and extensive nation in this part of the Lake Victoria basin that Arabs and white colonialists interfered with, thereby interrupting its political, social and economic transformation and progress, despite the fact that it was part of the Kitara Empire (Kwayera, pers. comm) of the Chwezi. As I will show elsewhere in this treatise, the area was very rich in minerals – both gold and rare earth minerals. In fact, Buganda sub-imperialism benefitted a lot from this wealth.
Fears of assassination attempt on Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine after police shoot, injure him
Ugandan police said in a statement that Wine had been advised against holding a street procession when he left a private event in Bulindo. According to the statement, Wine “insisted on proceeding and closing the road, leading to police intervention to prevent the procession.”
Presidential candidates in US skirt around medical marijuana fearing voter reprisal
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, signalled support for a Florida legalisation measure on Saturday, following earlier comments that he increasingly agrees that people shouldn’t be jailed for the drug now legal in multiple states, “whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.”
Hispanic voters give Harris edge on healthcare, climate as Trump’s lead on economy is shrinks
Voter sympathies could shift between now and Election Day and it remains to be seen which, if any, blocs of voters will turn out in droves. Experts say predicting the Hispanic vote is particularly hard in 2024 because Hispanic voters skew younger than the rest of the electorate, so a larger share are first time voters.
Trump: ‘Whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election where you have every right to do it?’
Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 election results after weeks of false claims by Trump that he had won.
