Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of women dying while giving birth in health centers has noticeably declined in Luwero district, a health report has revealed. According to Luwero District Health Department Performance report, nine women died while giving birth in health centers in the financial year 2021/22. This …
Read More »Parliament calls for Kasese reconciliation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An inquiry into human rights violations in Kasese district has exposed violation of fundamental rights of the people in the district, since the raid on the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu kingdom in 2016. A report by Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights in Uganda revealed that a …
Read More »Kenya’s election
Institutional safeguards still a work in progress ANALYSIS | JAMES D. LONG | Kenya has held its seventh national election since the reintroduction of multiparty competition in the early 1990s. Elections in the country are never dull affairs. They are always contested by ever-shifting and unstable political alliances that …
Read More »Tooro Kingdom seeks UGX 1.2Bn for King Oyo’s 27th coronation anniversary
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tooro Kingdom is seeking 1.2 Billion Shillings for the king’s 27th coronation anniversary to be held on 12th September this year. According to the Minister for Culture and Clan Mobilization who is also the chairman of the organizing committee of the 27th coronation anniversary, …
Read More »Sudan as coordinator for Black Sea Grain Initiative
New York, USA | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday announced the appointment of Amir Mahmoud Abdulla of Sudan as the world body’s coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Abdulla succeeds Frederick Kenney of the United States who was on loan by the International Maritime Organization as …
Read More »Cameroon looks to bright future in film productions
Yaounde, Cameroon | Xinhua | “Stand by!” shouts the director as actors take their marks. The lighting blinks on. The film crew snaps into action after the order to hurry up. It’s a sunny day in Tiko, a locality in southwestern Cameroon and a local film crew is gathered to …
Read More »Australia plans to increase migrant intake amid skills crisis
Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | The Australian government has flagged an increase to the country’s migrant intake. Brendan O’Connor, minister for skills and training, said the new Labor government was considering raising the annual migration cap from its current level of 160,000 with more skilled migrants, including health care workers …
Read More »82% COUNTED: IEBC to announce results today
🔵 UPDATE 6.00am ➡ Ruto – 51.12% 6,081,048 votes ➡ Odinga- 48.20% 5,734,314 ➡ Wajackoyah – 0.45% 53,592 ➡ Waihiga- 0.23% 27,336 * 241 constituencies out of 291 (82.8%) (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has received, counted …
Read More »Ruto and Odinga hit the 5 million votes mark
🔵 Kenya election RESULTS 9.30pm ✳ Ruto – 52.54% ➡ 5,620,912 votes ✳ Odinga- 46.78% ➡ 5,004,081 ✳ Wajackoyah – 0.45% ➡ 47,675 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 24,790 * 211 constituencies out of 291 (72.5%) (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Both William Ruto …
Read More »Bamasaaba launch first Imbalu since Covid
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of people Saturday thronged Mutoto Cultural Ground in Industrial City Division of Mbale City for the official launch of the Imbalu (circumcision) ceremony in Bugisu sub-region. The cultural circumcision rites are held every even year and Saturday’s ceremony is the first since Uganda …
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