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Gen Katumba issues statement, thanks Boda Boda man

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Uganda Army commander Gen Katumba Wamala has issued a statement a day after he survived an assassination attempt, thanking a boda boda rider who forced him onto his bike to seek medical attention. (READ FULL STATMENT BOTTOM) VIDEO: I have survived. We have …

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PICTORIAL: MP Condester Sichalwe thrown out of Tanzanian parliament for wearing ‘ tight-fitting trousers’

Dodoma, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | MP Condester Michael Sichlwe, 31 was thrown out of Tanzania’s parliament Tuesday, wearing ‘tight-fitting trousers’, referred to locally as ‘suruali iliyombana’. After another CCM party MP Hussein Amar sought guidance on the dressing code, Speaker of Parliament Job Ndugai threw her out for wearing ‘non-parliamentary …

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