By Renson Mwakandana One of Africa’s most prominent colleges has prohibited graduates from bringing phones, cameras, or video cameras. Makerere University in Uganda will begin a five-day graduation celebration on Monday at its Freedom Square. Different graduation dates have been allotted to faculties throughout the week. Cameras were not permitted in the graduation area for […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Thursday, the Ethiopian government announced the sale of 45% of the capital of the national operator Ethio Telecom, which lost its monopoly in 2022, an increase from the 40% sale announced in November. “The Ethiopian government is proposing a partial privatization of Ethio Telecom by selling up to 45% of its capital,” the […]
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Renson Mwakandana The environmental management department of Uganda has announced that it would begin fining drivers of private vehicles that lack trash cans in April. According NEMA the environmental agency in Uganda, the punishment plan unveiled on Wednesday, violators might be fined a maximum of 6,000,000 Ugandan shillings ($1,630; £1,350). The agency stated in a statement that drivers who […]
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Renson Mwakandana The local branch of satellite television provider CANAL+ has been asked by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s media watchdog to remove Rwandan stations from its bouquet of broadcasts there. The regulator, CSAC RDC, stated in a statement that the suspension will last for 90 days and may be extended under certain conditions. […]
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Renson Mwakandana Reports that the families of former presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi were being targeted for tax evasion have been denied by Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi. Mr. Mudavadi asserted that the claims were assumptions made by the media and that President William Ruto had not specified any names in his campaign […]
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Renson Mwakandana East African Community (EAC) officials have been urged to confront the situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo immediately by Kenya’s President William Ruto. During the 20th Extra-Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State on Saturday, which was presided over by President Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi, the President made the comments in Bujumbura. As […]
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Renson Mwakandana A former Kenyan policeman, Fredrick Leliman, who killed a well-known human rights attorney and two other individuals more than six years ago has been sentenced to death by a Kenyan court. Despite the fact that death penalties are legal in Kenya, they are not executed. For the deaths of attorney Willie Kimani, his client, and […]
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Renson Mwakandana According to Kenyan President William Ruto, the fight against terrorism in the Horn of Africa requires teamwork. The Kenyan President was speaking at the Somalia-Frontline States Summit in Mogadishu. The event had been organized by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia 🇸🇴 to strategize on how best to curb the threat posed by Al Shabaab […]
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Renson Mwakandana The largest religious group in Ethiopia, the Orthodox Church, has vowed to call for statewide demonstrations to be headed by its patriarch, Abuna Mathias. The church has reacted negatively to recent remarks made by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed regarding renegade clergy who were engaged in the nomination of bishops without the church’s consent. […]
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Renson Mwakandana This is the first summit of its kind under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as Somalia brings together its neighbors in an effort to develop a coordinated strategy against Al-Shabaab insurgents. William Ruto, the president of Kenya, Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, and Ismael Ghuelleh, the leader of Djibouti, were scheduled to […]
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