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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines Jenifer Bamuturaki was on Wednesday elected the President of the Africa Airlines Association (AFRAA) for 2023. She took over the presidency at the 54th AFRAA Annual General Assembly in Dakar, Senegal today 13th December 2022. She takes over from Alioune …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pardoned 1,631 prisoners in commemoration of the east African nation’s 61 years of independence on Dec. 9, an official said late Saturday. Minister for Home Affairs Hamad Masauni said in a statement that beneficiaries of the presidential amnesty include women …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Umar Kremlev, the International Boxing Association (IBA) President is set to visit Uganda, months after retaining office for his second term. Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) President, Moses Muhangi who invited  Kremlev told URN that it will be a three-day visit from the 30th of November …

Kenyan President meets Election Observers Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday met a team of AU/ COMESA election observers at State House, Nairobi, who briefed him on their observations about the election process. The team led by former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The planned rationalization of Uganda’s Public Sector Agencies will not bear much fruit unless the president’s powers to create units under his office, are trimmed, according to experts. The government has for the last three years been toying with the idea of reducing the …

  ✅ CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON PRESIDENT YK MUSEVENI’S SIXTH TERM AS PRESIDENT 🇺🇬 ✳ The Ministry of Education and Sports wishes to congratulate His Excellency, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, upon his re-election for the sixth term as the President of the Republic of Uganda. Under his stable leadership, the Education and Sports sector has …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has announced that the John Babiiha Avenue will be closed off during the swearing in day of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Museveni will be swearing in for his sixth elective term at Kololo airstrip on May 12th. Traffic police commander for Kampala …

Samia Hassan Suluhu becomes first woman president in traditional East Africa ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES  | As stipulated in the Tanzanian constitution, Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu was on March 18 sworn in as the country’s 6th President following the death of John Pombe Magufuli on March 17. …

Suluhu will be first woman President in traditional East Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | As stipulated in the Tanzanian constitution, Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu will be sworn in as the country’s 6th President following the death of John Pombe Magufuli this week. She will become the country’s first …

BIDEN: Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew. And America has risen to the challenge Washington, US | XINHUA & THE INDEPENDENT | At an unusual inauguration closed to public due to the still raging coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th …