By Julius Odeke Uganda has demanded a review of a 1996 law on mad cow disease before lifting restrictions on beef imports from Kenya. According to a November report on Non-tariff barriers, (NTB) to trade in the East African Community (EAC), Uganda says Kenya still needs to ensure that Bovine Spongiform …
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By Julius Odeke AMISOM forces from the Uganda Contingent have killed several Al shabaab insurgents and seized military equipments along Marka-Afgooye road. Nine of the insurgents were shot dead on spot when AMISOM convoy overrun an al Shabaab road ambush sending the terrorists into dismay and seizing 5 submachine guns, …
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By Julius Odeke The significant findings as seen at autopsy were congested lungs with oedema and patchy consolidation. The pancreas had a dull outer surface and a haemorrhagic cut surface. The stomach mucosa was hyperaemic. Director General Health Services Ministry of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said the significant toxins …
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By Julius Odeke The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of African Affairs), Mr Jonnie Carson, has warned stakeholders involved in global initiatives to end the atrocities attributed to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels that no single silver bullet can on its own solve the LRA problem. According to …
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By Julius Odeke The Somali National Army, with the support of AMISOM troops from the Ugandan Contingent, has yet again captured the town of Jawhar, 90 km northeast of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The joint forces faced little resistance as they entered the town, which has served as a major …
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By Julius Odeke Following recent media reports of a one Chris Mubiru who is alleged to have been sexually abusing minors, Government of Uganda wishes to condemn such acts in the strongest terms possible. Through several video images so far availed to the media and Police, Mubiru seemed to have …
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By Julius Odeke The Kenyan Vice president Dr Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka has today on Monday been endorsed by his Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) party delegates as the presidential candidate. Nominated MP Shakila Abdalla proposed the endorsement that was seconded by John Cheruiyot, a delegate from Nandi County. Earlier, Wiper Secretary …
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By Julius Odeke The three heads of states of Rwanda, Dr Congo and Uganda are yet to meet tomorrow to chat a way forward on how to meet the demands of the M23 rebels. The Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), …
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By Julius Odeke and Joseph Were Former Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi spoke to The Independent’s Julius Odeke and Joseph Were about the ongoing corruption investigations in OPM. The Accountant General, Gustavio Bwoch, told the Parliamentary Accounts Committee investigating alleged corruption in the Office of the Prime Minister that while you …
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By Julius Odeke President Yoweri Museveni is in Nairobi, Kenya on a 2-day visit during which he will attend the second retreat of the East African Community Heads of State on infrastructure development and financing. He will also attend the 14th Summit of the Heads of State of the East …
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