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By Ronald Musoke
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday (May 23) made new changes to his cabinet with the biggest surprise being the appointment of Gen. Aronda Nyakairima as the new Internal Affairs Minister.
Nyakairima who has been the Chief of Defence Forces has replaced Hillary Onek who has been moved to the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees. Onek replaces the late Dr. Stephen Mallinga who passed away last month.
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In Kenya, more than 30 sitting and former MPs or senators are among prominent personalities facing fresh prosecutions following allegations that they were behind the election violence that led to the killing of 1,133 people in 2007/2008, the Daily Nation reports.
Many others will also be investigated or prosecuted in connection with serious crimes, including assassinations, theft of public land and inciting people to violence, according to recommendations made by the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC), whose report was handed to President Kenyatta on Tuesday.
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By Haggai Matsiko
The U.S. on May.21 criticised the raid of two newspapers and closure of two other radio stations saying the disruptions, no matter the justifications offered, risk having a chilling effect on the freedoms of expression and speech enshrined in the Ugandan Constitution.
“We understand Ugandan security authorities searched and disrupted operations at several of Uganda’s leading media houses in response to the May 7 publication of a letter containing controversial comments by a Ugandan general on presidential succession in Uganda,” the U.S. Mission in Kampala noted.
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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, government soldiers have clashed with rebel fighters for the first time in nearly six months near the city of Goma, Aljazeera reports.
This comes just days before Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, is due to visit the eastern city.
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By the Independent Team
Police this morning besieged the Monitor Publications Limited offices located in Namuwongo – a Kampala suburb reportedly in search the controversial letter written by the Coordinator of Intelligence Services Gen. David Sejusa aka Tinyefuza.
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In Nigeria the government has offered an amnesty to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast, Reuters reports.
In their biggest offensive since the insurgency began in 2009, Nigerian forces are trying to chase well-armed militants out of territory they control in remote semi-deserts around Lake Chad, along the borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
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In the Central African Republic, a UN envoy says the country has collapsed into “a state of anarchy” and the UN Security Council must impose sanctions and mandate a neutral security force to restore order, Aljazeera reports.
Margaret Vogt, UN representative to the Central African Republic, painted a grim picture of the situation since rebels ousted President Francois Bozize on March 24.
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In the Central African Republic a U.N. envoy on Wednesday urged the Security Council to consider imposing sanctions on rebels accused of severe rights violations including rape, maiming, recruitment of child soldiers and forced marriages, Reuters reports.
Margaret Vogt also told the council that a neutral security force should be deployed to “contain the current state of anarchy” in the mineral-rich state, where the Seleka rebels seized power on March 24, toppling President Francois Bozize.
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In Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a series of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups, the BBC reports.
In a televised statement on Tuesday, the president said, “I hereby declare a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.”
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By Julius Businge
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has secured a license to continue operations as a Retirement Benefits Scheme, in accordance with the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority Act of 2011.
Receiving the license on May 13 in Kampala, the Fund’s Managing Director Richard Byarugaba said that securing of the license is further testimony that the Fund is prepared to operate in a competitive environment when the sector if fully liberalized.
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