🔵 FINAL RESULTS – KENYA ELECTION ✳ William Ruto – 50.49% ➡ 7,176,141 votes ✳ Raila Odinga – 48.85% ➡ 6,942,930 votes ✳ Wajackoyah – 0.44% ➡ 61,969 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 31,987 (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has …
Read More »Raila loses the presidency for the fifth time
🔵 FINAL RESULTS – KENYA ELECTION ✳ William Ruto – 50.49% ➡ 7,176,141 votes ✳ Raila Odinga – 48.85% ➡ 6,942,930 votes ✳ Wajackoyah – 0.44% ➡ 61,969 ✳ Waihiga – 0.23% ➡ 31,987 Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Azimio-One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga has lost the …
Read More »Mpuuga, MP Kagabo summoned over 40 million shillings bribe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rules Committee of Parliament has summoned the Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga together with the Bukoto South Member of Parliament, Twaha Kagabo to explain the source of the 40 million Shillings that “they have been throwing around.” The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among directed …
Read More »UPDF condemns social media pranks declaring Gen. Tumwine dead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF has condemned social media antics for declaring Gen. Elly Tumwine dead. It follows a trending Twitter post announcing the departure of the four star General on Sunday night. “It is with untold grief that we announce the death of our …
Read More »BREAKING: Azimio la Umoja refuse to sign form 34C
(CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) ✳ Officials fight at national tally centre ✳ Security whisks away IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati ✳ Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja refuse to sign form 34C ✳ Odinga refuses to come for results declaration Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Chaos broke out at the …
Read More »Rising concern about political violence in U.S. after Mar-a-Lago search
Trump has been alleged to have taken classified materials from the White House to Mar-a-Lago when the Republican left office in January 2021 Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Concern is rising about more occurrence of political violence in the United States after the search of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago …
Read More »Arua gas stations lose sales to roadside fuel dealers
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel stations in Arua are crying foul over the increasing number of fuel vendors on the streets of the city, something they say is affecting their sales. They argue that their businesses are on the verge of collapse due to the rise in the number …
Read More »Video hall operator electrocuted in Katakwi
Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 34 year old businessman in Katakwi district died on Sunday night after being electrocuted in Ocorimongin trading centre. The deceased identified as Simon Peter Angeet was showing movies and the English Premier games in his video hall when a power blackout occurred. Simon Atubi, …
Read More »UN forces get the blues in DR Congo
Get out, say Congolese to MONUSCO Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Pressure is on to kick the UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) out of the country. Matters appeared to escalate further when on Aug.3 the Congolese government in Kinshasa expelled MONUSCO’s spokesperson over unclear reasons. And …
Read More »Kasana-Luwero Diocese invests in cocoa farming to fight climate change, unemployment
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The adverse effects of climate change partially triggered by the uncontrolled cutting down of trees for charcoal production for a living in the greater Luwero region, has prompted the Catholic diocese of Kasana-Luwero to invest in cocoa farming. The diocese through Caritas Kasanaensis, which is …
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