Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Ministers of cultural institutions from the Bukedi and Bugisu sub-region have called on Government to create a ministry to help check growing poverty in the areas they represent in Eastern Uganda. In a joint memorandum to President Yoweri Museveni, they also called for …
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OBITUARY | BY RAILA ODINGA- The Citizen Tanzania | When rumours started going around about the health and whereabouts of my friend President John Pombe Magufuli, I placed several calls to him. Later, I sent him a text message. Both went unanswered. I then resigned to expect the worst …
Read More »TANZANIA: President Samia Hassan Suluhu sworn in
Suluhu first woman President in traditional East Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | As stipulated in the Tanzanian constitution, Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu has today been sworn in as the country’s 6th President following the death of John Pombe Magufuli this week. She is the country’s first woman President. …
Read More »TANZANIA: Samia Hassan Suluhu to be sworn in 10am today
Suluhu will be first woman President in traditional East Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | As stipulated in the Tanzanian constitution, Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu will be sworn in as the country’s 6th President following the death of John Pombe Magufuli this week. She will become the country’s first …
Read More »Chaos at Supreme Court after Bobi Wine ruling
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Minutes after the Supreme Court allowed Robert Kyagulanyi’s election petition withdrawal with no costs attached, attempts by a judge to deliver a minority report ended embarrassingly as her colleagues walked out on her. Justice Esther Kisakye, a supreme court judge and member …
Read More »International Olympic Committee sets new strategic agenda
Olympic Agenda 2020+5 ⏩ Solidarity ⏩ Sustainable development ⏩ Digitalisation ⏩ Credibility ⏩ Economic and financial resilience Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT & IOC MEDIA | The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has outlined a new strategic roadmap for the next five years that is aimed at galvanizing its activities worldwide in a post-COVID new normal. At …
Read More »Tanzania, Uganda and Africa mourns death of Magufuli
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | After weeks of speculation about the state of his health, the Tanzania government on Wednesday night announced the death of the country’s 5th President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli. Vice President President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who constitutionally is supposed to take over the reigns of …
Read More »Tanzania announces death of President Magufuli
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPEDNENT | Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) has just announced that the 5th President of the country John Magufuli is dead. The announcement was made Wednesday night by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who said Magufuli had been hospitalized at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute …
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Tanzania’s president dies aged 61 after Covid rumours Dar es Salaam | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on March 17 from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address …
Read More »Supreme Court gives detailed ruling today and tomorrow
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has fixed Wednesday and Thursday to deliver its detailed rulings on two applications arising from the presidential election petitions filed by National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on the application, in which …
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