Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The First Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Moses Ali has replaced the late Kirunda Kivejinja as the government representative on the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) council. Kivejinja who died two weeks ago has been serving on the University Council as vice-chairperson of the council until …
Read More »Inside Ali Kirunda Kivejinja’s life
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Kirunda Kivejinja was born in an aristocratic family that traced its origin from the ancient kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara. He was born at the height of British colonial occupation of Uganda. He undertook Islamic instruction before formal education that took him to India, a newly independent nation. …
Read More »Kirunda Kivejinja is dead at 85
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Second Deputy Prime Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja is dead, family sources have confirmed. Kivejinja is one of the longest serving ministers in government, and was one of the founders of President Yoweri Museveni’s Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM) that contested the 1980 elections. Kivejinja, …
Read More »Gov’t to compensate Kenyan pilgrims knocked in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Minister for East African Community Affairs Kirunda Kivejinja to contact families of the Kenyan pilgrims who were knocked dead in Uganda two weeks ago, for possible compensation. Four Kenyans were knocked dead by a hit and run commuter …
Read More »”You can’t come from the ghetto and be President” – Minister Kivejinja
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for East African Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda Kivejinja has lashed out at those who want to take up leadership in this country, saying it won’t come on a silver platter. In what appeared like a dig at the musician …
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