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  Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA |  Venezuelan Jose Camargo is the one who decided who the President of Kenya would be,  lawyer Julie Soweto has told the Supreme Court. Soweto on Friday demonstrated to the court how the staging of results was happening in the IEBC portal. “You are …

Nairobi, Kenya |  THE STAR KENYA |  Supreme Court judges on Wednesday bombarded the Azimio la Umoja legal team with tough questions on some of the issues they raised during their oral submissions in the presidential petition. The judges shot the questions to specific lawyers who made certain claims on the electoral …

President Museveni emphasizes Peace as a prerequisite for growth in the four sectors of Commercial agriculture, Industry, Services, and ICT Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni was on hand today to witness the graduation of the 1st batch of the necessary unified forces of the Republic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Since its humble beginning in 1922, Makerere University has been able to transform communities and societies through its wealth of human capital, numerous research outcomes, and Science and Technological Innovations that have served Africa and the world in general. As part of the events …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & THE STAR KENYA | Kenya’s Chief Registrar of Judiciary Anne Amadi has said the Supreme Court is ready for the task of hearing the presidential election petition. The presidential petition is filed by Azimio leader Raila Odinga, disputing the declaration of William Ruto as president-elect by IEBC …

River Nile countries push for an interconnected power grid SPECIAL FEATURE | ESPOIR IRADUKUNDA & RONALD MUSOKE |  It is 9am in downtown Bujumbura— Burundi’s commercial city, and the alleys are already crowded with buyers and sellers haggling noisily over prices of merchandise. They must shout to be heard because …

Uganda’s Africans were victimized as much as the Asians | DEREK R. PETERSON | Fifty years ago – in early August 1972 – President Idi Amin summarily decreed the expulsion of Uganda’s “Asian” (that is, Indian and Pakistani) community. Over 50,000 people were given a scant three months to tie …

A comparison of Uganda and Kenya’s presidential election maneuvers  Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | After a dramatic last day filing of his presidential election petition at the Supreme Court of Kenya challenging the outcome of the Aug.9 election, Raila Odinga was caught in the middle of a range of …

✳ Tanzania 🇹🇿 0 – Uganda 🇺🇬 1 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT & FUFA MEDIA | Uganda secured the flying start they hoped for, edging hosts Tanzania 1-0 Sunday in the first leg of the 2022 African Nations Championship Qualifiers. The return leg is set for the coming …

How government created an ‘eating’ bonanza COVER STORY | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uganda Airlines earns Shs87 million, the Director Maintenance Shs80 million per month, Chief Financial Officer Shs73 million, and Manager Finance shs58 million. Others are Human Resource Manager and manager Quality Assurance …