UGANDA: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY PROHIBITS USE OF CAMERAS AT GRADUATION CEREMONY

UGANDA: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY PROHIBITS USE OF CAMERAS AT GRADUATION CEREMONY

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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 ETHIOPIA ANNOUNCES SALE OF ETHIO TELECOM’S 45% OWNERSHIP

ETHIOPIA ANNOUNCES SALE OF ETHIO TELECOM’S 45% OWNERSHIP

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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 UGANDA TO PUNISH DRIVERS WHO FAIL TO EMPTY TRASH CANS IN THEIR CARS

UGANDA TO PUNISH DRIVERS WHO FAIL TO EMPTY TRASH CANS IN THEIR CARS

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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 DR CONGO DEACTIVATES AIRING OF RWANDAN TV STATIONS

DR CONGO DEACTIVATES AIRING OF RWANDAN TV STATIONS

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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 KENYA DISPUTES TAX AUDITS OF EX-PRESIDENTS’ FAMILIES

KENYA DISPUTES TAX AUDITS OF EX-PRESIDENTS’ FAMILIES

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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 KENYAN PRESIDENT URGES EAC TO URGENTLY LOOK INTO DRC SECURITY

KENYAN PRESIDENT URGES EAC TO URGENTLY LOOK INTO DRC SECURITY

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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 EX-POLICE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KENYAN LAWYER, TWO OTHERS

EX-POLICE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KENYAN LAWYER, TWO OTHERS

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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 RUTO: WAR ON TERRORISM IN THE HORN OF AFRICA IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT

RUTO: WAR ON TERRORISM IN THE HORN OF AFRICA IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT

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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 ETHIOPIA’S ORTHODOX CHURCH CRITICIZES THE PM AMID TURMOIL

ETHIOPIA’S ORTHODOX CHURCH CRITICIZES THE PM AMID TURMOIL

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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