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Kenyan: Lactating MP with baby thrown out of parliament

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There was drama in the Kenyan National Assembly on Wednesday when a lactating legislator was forced out of the chamber. The Presiding Speaker Chris Omulele asked orderlies to throw out Kwale Woman representative, Zulekha Hassan for entering the chambers with her 5- month old son. The legislator had opposed the speaker’s action arguing that she came to breastfeed the baby while attending to… Read More
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Uganda: Bobi Wine charged with annoying Museveni

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Outspoken Ugandan MP and musician Bobi Wine has been charged with intending to annoy, alarm or ridicule President Yoweri Museveni. He is also charged with possessing fire arm. These charges add to an already charge of treason against him. If convicted, Wine could face life in prison. In 2018 Bobi Wine and his supporters were arrested for masterminding the hurling… Read More
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Ebola vaccine trial begins in Uganda as virus spreads

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A trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine has started in Uganda as efforts continue to prevent spread of the virus. Health officials in Uganda said the trial started on Monday to deal with a disease that has killed more than 1,800 people in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The MVA-BN vaccine was developed by Johnson&Johnson and will last for two… Read More
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Bobi Wine supporter dies after abduction and torture

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A supporter of popular and outspoken Ugandan MP, Bobi Wine who was brutally attacked by unknown persons has died. Michael Alinda aka Ziggy Wine was first reported to have been kidnapped on 21 July on his way to recording studios in the capital, Kampala. He was later found with one eye plucked out and two of his fingers were also… Read More
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Bobi Wine supporter brutally attacked, left fighting for his life

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A supporter of popular and outspoken Ugandan MP, Bobi Wine has been brutally attacked by unknown persons. Michael Alinda aka Ziggy Wine was first reported to have been kidnapped but was later found with one eye plucked out. Two of his fingers were also cut off and his belongings taken away. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi said… Read More
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Kenyan governors want cancer declared national disaster

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Governors in Kenya have joined the call for the government to declare cancer a national disaster. They have urged the country’s President Uhuru Kenyatta to make the declaration to help mobilize resources to deal with the disease. The council of governors Chairman Wycliffe Oparanya made the call on Saturday days after ordinary citizens staged a protest to make a similar… Read More
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One dead as Crimean Congo Fever hits Uganda

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Ugandan officials have confirmed the death of one person following an outbreak of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the country’s Lyantonde District. 49 others currently are isolated according to health officials as efforts continue to contain the spread of the disease. The Lyantonde District Health Officer, Dr Moses Nkanika, revealed that the person who died was a 42 year old… Read More
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Uganda: 75-year-old man graduates in vocational studies

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A 75-year-old man has graduated from vocational studies in Uganda as he aspires to get better in his tailoring profession. Gerald Kijjambu first enrolled to acquire his tailoring skills at the age of 66-year-old in 2011. He studied at the Katonga Technical Institute at Nindye Village in Nkozi Sub County, Mpigi District. Three years later, he enrolled for a tailoring… Read More
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Ilhan Omar was happy “to return to mother Africa”

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Ilhan Omar has been in the news ever since she got elected to the US congress, representing a district in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Somali-born left her country  of birth at a tender age with her family to seek asylum in the US. She is not just an inspiration to many but a source of hope as well. Omar is one… Read More
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Kenyan man pleads guilty in over $800K internet scam

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A Kenyan man is to be sentenced in October this year after pleading guilty to fraudulently receiving $749,158.37 from the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Mr Amis Hassan Raage received that money in a computer phishing scheme, which he pleaded guilty to during his trial. He will be sentenced before US District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel on October 11,… Read More
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