Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY ‘We must learn to live with COVID’: Virologists say it’s only way out as disease won’t go away soon THE LAST WORD Uganda’s self-destructive impulses: How the ethnic divisions in our country drive …
Read More »Ruto launches new Nile river monitoring system
Kenyan Deputy President Ruto announces 2nd Nile Basin Heads of State Summit, launches Regional HydroMet Project Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyan Deputy President William Samoei Ruto recently launched a $5.5 million Nile Basin Regional HydroMet Project which will enable member states of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) to …
Read More »UPDATE: Kenya deputy president Ruto’s home attacked
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | At least one assailant stormed into the home of Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday and injured a policeman, less than two weeks before the country votes in high-stakes polls, the police and security sources said. Ruto was not present during the attack, the …
Read More »Unknown gunmen attack home of Kenya deputy president Ruto
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Unknown gunmen attacked the home of Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday seriously injuring a policeman, less than two weeks before the country votes in high-stakes polls, two security sources told AFP. Ruto was not home during the attack. An officer from the elite police …
Read More »Kenyatta puts jobs, industrialisation at top of Jubilee agenda
Nairobi, Kenya | PSCU | President Kenyatta today unveiled the Jubilee Party’s robust plan to continue Kenya’s journey to prosperity, centred on more jobs and rapid industrialisation. The Jubilee Party Manifesto for 2017 was unveiled at a colourful ceremony at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, one of Kenya’s most iconic locations …
Read More »ODINGA: ICC’s failure to try Kenyan leaders spells ‘doom’
Paris, France | AFP | The ICC’s failure to try top Kenyan leaders for crimes against humanity in the country’s worst violence since independence spells “doom” for global efforts to fight impunity, former Kenyan leader Raila Odinga told AFP. Despite this setback, African countries must not quit the International Criminal …
Read More »War crimes judges drop charges in Kenya Ruto case
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP War crimes judges on Tuesday threw out charges of crimes against humanity against Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto over his alleged role in post-election bloodshed in 2007-2008, but left the door open to a possible new trial. In a fresh blow to the prosecution, the …
Read More »RUTO: ICC to rule on bid to throw out case
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP Deputy Kenyan President William Ruto was to learn later Tuesday if war crimes judges will throw out a case against him for his role in post-election bloodshed which left some 1,300 people dead. The judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) were to file a …
Read More »Uhuru, Ruto to be sworn in today
By The Independent Team Uhuru Kenyatta is set to be sworn in today as Kenya’s fourth president at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani following his victory over Raila Odinga in the March elections His deputy William Ruto will also be sworn in today. Invited Heads of States are …
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