🔵 FINAL RESULTS – KENYA ELECTION ✳ William Ruto – 50.49% ➡ 7,176,141 votes ✳ Raila Odinga – 48.85% ➡ 6,942,930 votes ✳ Wajackoyah – 0.44% ➡ 61,969 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 31,987 (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has …
Read More »MARTHA KARUA: No more chest thumping from them
🔵 Kenya election RESULTS 7pm 🔵 #LIVE – #Kenya #election RESULTS as at 4am ✳ Odinga – 50.01% ➡ 2,826,080 votes ✳ Ruto – 49.34% ➡ 2,787,871 ✳ Wajackoyah – 0.42% ➡ 23,758 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 12,938 * 113 constituencies out of 291 (38%) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | …
Read More »IEBC OFFICIAL RESULTS: Ruto 51%, Odinga 47%
📌 IEBC OFFICIAL RESULTS 8AM ✳ Ruto- 51.05% ➡ 84,812 Votes ✳ Odinga- 47.90% ➡ 79,591 ✳ Wajackoyah- 0.81 ➡ 1,345 ✳ Waihiga- 0.24% ➡ 398 (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s election body IEBC has finally started releasing official results from this week’s …
Read More »OTAFIIRE: IDs expire in 2024, everyone to apply for new one
Minister says Ugandans will get the new national IDs free of charge Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) will start a new round of the national identity card registration exercise for all Ugandans in June next year, as the current IDs expire in 2024. The …
Read More »YOTV unveils redesigned YOTV App
Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | YOTV Channels has unveiled a new state-of-the-art redesigned video streaming app. The new app expands its current offering from a few options to a large variety of live and video-on-demand content covering over 60 live TV channels, over 50 live radio stations, over 140 artists …
Read More »Mao sworn in as Justice Minister
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Democratic Party-DP President Norbert Mao has been sworn in as Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister at State House Entebbe today. “I congratulate Mao upon taking the oath of office as the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. Your vast leadership experience will …
Read More »Parliament directs Govt to terminate Vinci Coffee deal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Trade has directed government to terminate an agreement it signed recently with Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited. Parliament has described the agreement as illegal and demanded that “officials who committed Government to such illegalities should be penalized as a deterrent mechanism …
Read More »Speaker warns against planned demo during coffee debate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has warned legislators against staging protests ahead of the debate on the controversial coffee agreement. According to Among, she will not hesitate to stop the debate should any legislator demonstrate during the discussion of the report prepared by …
Read More »Uganda ready to host East African Central Bank
PSFU hosts a High-Level Public-Private Policy Dialogue on the status of the East Africa Community integration process on investments and job creation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga has urged the Uganda government and the private sector to focus on tapping into the DRC …
Read More »Vipers go 12 clear, have hands on trophy
🔵 KCCA 1 Vipers 2 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC lost 2-1 to Vipers SC at the MTN Omondi Stadium, Lugogo on Easter Saturday to take a decisive 12 point lead at the top of the soccer league table. The tie was a game in hand …
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