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 …
Read More »Chinese smartphone brands dominate African market in Q2
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, …
Read More »Pentagon releases annual report on sexual assault in U.S. military
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Department of Defense released on Thursday the fiscal year 2021 annual report on sexual assault in the military. “Sexual assault and sexual harassment remain persistent and corrosive problems,” the top line results read. Over 8 percent of active-duty women and about 1.5 percent of …
Read More »KENYA: Pray for us, Mwilu says as Supreme Court adjourns
Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Deputy Chief Justice and vice President of the Supreme Court Philomena Mwilu has asked Kenyans to pray for judges as they retreat to write their verdict on the presidential petition. Curtains on the three-day hearing came down on Friday after a strenuous submission …
Read More »FULL SPEECH: Museveni at graduation of united S.Sudan army
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 …
Read More »Hippo kills 12 cows in Kikuube district
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A hippopotamus has killed 12 cows and injured 20 others in Kikuube district. The hippo has been raiding Kyehoro lower and Kyehoro upper landing sites in Nkondo parish, Kabwoya sub-county for the past two weeks, the latest being on Thursday night. The hippo emerges from …
Read More »South Sudan’s peace monitors approve transitional government’s extension
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 …
Read More »Chopper interrupts former minister Kanyomozi’s burial service
Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of mourners on Friday were treated to a dramatic scene at the burial service of Yonasani Kanyomozi, the former Minister of Cooperatives and Marketing in the Obote II government, when a helicopter landed nearby. The 5X-MAH blue-white ribbon police helicopter that had delivered …
Read More »2023 World Athletics Indoor Championships postponed to 2025
Beijing, China | Xinhua | The 2023 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing have been postponed to March 2025, the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA) confirmed on Thursday night. “The decision was made as the World Athletics, the Nanjing organising committee and the CAA came to the agreement after consultation. The exact …
Read More »Court declines to issue criminal summons against Besigye
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has declined to issue criminal summons against Dr Kizza Besigye. Besigye is jointly charged with former Rubaga South Constituency parliamentary candidate Samuel Lubega Mukaaku over offenses stemming from their June 14th, 2022 protest against the skyrocketing prices of commodities in the …
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