20,000 graduate in first ever unified national army Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | President Yoweri Museveni’s attendance of the first graduation of the Unified Forces of South Sudan cast him in the spotlight again as a mainstay in the security matrix of the East African and Great Lakes region. …
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Moment of Truth for Kenyans as Supreme Court Rules on President-elect Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court of Kenya will give its verdict today on the country’s recent general election. The court will either confirm William Ruto as the President-elect or nullify the results. Kenyans are divided on …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Police have advised Kenyans to follow proceedings from home when the Supreme Court sits to pass its verdict on the presidential petition on Monday. In a statement on Saturday, acting Inspector General of Police Noor Gabow advised against gathering outside court premises at …
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Information may be shared in confidence to any police officer, at a police station or through the toll free numbers 911, 112, 999 or FichuaKwaDCI via 0800-722-203 Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Police have assured Kenyans of ample security on Monday when the Supreme Court will be delivering …
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Analysts welcome move but fear bloc is expanding too fast Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Just eleven days after the Democratic Republic of Congo ratified the East African Community Treaty on July 11, the bloc’s leaders agreed to fast-track the verification of Somalia’s application to join the community. Sitting …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Lawyer Willis Otieno on Friday used the storyline behind the movies entitled ‘The Italian Job and The Wolf Of Wall Street’ to make his argument in court. In a no-sweaty affair as previously witnessed in court, Otieno narrated how IEBC tried to confuse Kenyans by using extra …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Transsion Holdings, a China-based smartphone manufacturer, led the African smartphone market in the second quarter of 2022, with a combined unit share of 48 percent, according to a new study by a global research firm. The International Data Corporation (IDC) said Transsion, which manufactures Tecno, Infinix, …
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Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni was one of several heads of state who early this week witnessed the graduation of the 1st batch of the unified forces of the Republic of South Sudan. This follows the Entebbe Tripartite agreement of November 2019 in which …
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Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan’s peace monitors on Thursday unanimously voted to extend the Transitional Government by two years. Charles Tai Gituai, the interim chairperson of the Revitalized Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), said two-thirds of the voting members in the commission approved the extension according to …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Africa’s peace and security situation is improving due to collective efforts to reduce national and transnational conflicts, an African Union official said on Thursday. Christopher Suna Kayoshe, Acting Head of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration and Security Sector Reform Division at the African Union (AU) told a …
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