World sighs with relief as US and Iran pause belligerence for two weeks to talk peace
History has proven time and again that military force never yields lasting solutions. Instead, it fuels deeper animosity, widens existing divides and ignites a self-perpetuating cycle of violence.
Vihiga senator accuses governors of undermining grassroots development by deliberately frustrating constitutional timelines
Senator Osotsi further criticised some governors for failing to appear before Senate oversight committees on time, with others offering excuses.
Why Uganda is still point of turning wheel in globalised thinking and economic re-imagination
Every newly elected NRM Member of Parliament is required to undergo a week-long induction at Kyankwanzi before being sworn in. Critics have described this ritual as a process of being “proselytized into Musevenocracy” – a diluted brand of democracy contrary to Western conceptions, where MPs become “yes‑men and women to the whims of the kleptocratic gerontocracy”.
Rift deepens in Kenya’s Dock Workers Union as court ousts secretary general, orders forensic audit of union accounts
On the suspension of officials, including Deputy Secretary General Sulman Owuor and his co-claimants, the court found that although the National Executive Committee (NEC) had the power to suspend, due process was not followed.
Succession dispute in Homa Bay the tests power of village councils over court ruling in land administration
The dispute is said to have taken a controversial turn early February when Opiyo was summoned before a kangaroo court. The meeting, presided over by Kiruo village clan elder Philip Ajuoga, who ruled in favour of the cousins and directed Opiyo to stop cultivating a portion of the said land.
‘Eyes on the road’: US cities merger of surveillance cameras with AI stir of panic data will used for political, racial discrimination
Camera-based automatic license plate readers, installed at major intersections, bridges and highway off-ramps, capture the license plate data of passing vehicles, along with images of the vehicle and time stamps. These systems are using AI to create a vast, searchable database that can be integrated with other law enforcement data repositories.
Iran warns Trump: Prepare for ‘much more devastating’ and extensive retaliation if civilian targets are attacked
In another development, Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, warned on Sunday that the resistance front could target the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Iran humiliates Trump by shooting down F-15 fighter jet soon after the US president bragged the Arab nation no capability
Iran shot down a US Air Force F-15 fighter jet, US officials said on Friday. At about the same time, a second US plane, an A-10 Warthog, crashed near the Strait of Hormuz. Both aircraft had two-person crews, US officials told The Intercept, and in both cases, one crew member...
Globalisation, global village and global digital culture: Situation in Uganda after rapid espousal of one world
In the year 2000, Uganda made a historic and audacious decision: it became the first country in Africa to formally embrace globalisation as the primary pathway to development for the 21st century and beyond.
Church takes central role in renewed push to put to rest Talai land rights and other injustices
Chair of Myoot Kipsigis Council of Elders Richard Ng’eno observed that the engagement forms part of an ongoing series of consultations initiated earlier in the year, aimed at addressing broader issues of leadership, identity and community wellbeing.