By Renson Mwakandana 37 patients who were held back because of unpaid debts have now been let go. This has happened following Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja’s order to free patients being confined in county health institutions due to unpaid medical fees. While Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital released 19 patients with debts of KSh900,000 (USD 7,300), […]
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By Renson Mwakandana On Monday, a 35-passenger Rwandan bus that was traveling through Kisumu County in Kenya caught fire and was reduced to a shell. The Trinity Express Bus Company’s bus from Rwanda was traveling to Kampala in Uganda. When the accident occurred at 2.30 am in the Odoyo market, the 35 passengers were unharmed. […]
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By Renson Mwakandana Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan 🇺🇬 child soldier who rose to become a prominent leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday, and his conviction was affirmed by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The court would decide on the rebel leader’s appeal […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Tuesday, close to 50 African leaders gathered in Washington to begin three days of discussions on topics important to the future of the continent and the entire globe, such as health, food security, climate change, civil conflicts, and even space exploration. The first U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit since 2014 is taking place this week, at […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Monday, Kenya commemorated 59 years of freedom from British colonial authority. 12th December of every year marks the date when Kenya holds this kind of celebration. William Ruto, Kenya’s fifth president, praised those who helped in the country’s liberation from British colonialism over 60 years ago as valiant guardians of its “sovereignty.” Speaking in […]
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Renson Mwakandana Sanctions have been placed on some participants in the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by the European Union. The list of persons includes Willy Ngoma, a spokesperson for the M23 rebel faction who has remained silent on the matter. The M23 is held accountable for spreading unrest and insecurity in the country’s east and […]
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Renson Mwakandana In order to achieve the aim of guaranteeing that 80% of Tanzanians have access to internet services by 2025, the government has restated its commitment to connect Regions, Districts, and Villages via the National Fibre Optic Cable. The goal, according to Nape Nnauye, Minister of Information, communications and Information technology, is to ensure that citizens profit […]
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Renson Mwakandana After spending six days alone in the woods, a four-year-old who had strayed kilometers in the direction of the Tsavo East National Park was found. The entire occurrence was a miracle, according to Roan Carr-Hartley, a pilot with Sheldrick Wildlife Trust who saw the youngster from his chopper. In the vast wilderness full of […]
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Renson Mwakandana According to a statement released on Tuesday, December 6th 2022, the Pakistani Supreme Court has constituted a team of five judges to supervise a probe into the shooting to death of a well-known investigative journalist in Kenya. The Police in the nation in East Africa shot and killed Arshad Sharif in October after what they said was a case […]
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Renson Mwakandana Over the weekend, a group of physicians in Uganda made headlines when they knelt before longtime President Yoweri Museveni and urged him to run for a seventh term. Since 1986, the 78-year-old leader has been in charge. The following general election is scheduled for 2026. According to media coverage of the occasion, the […]
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