1⃣ D Nduva 🇰🇪 ✳ 286 📷 2⃣ S Njogu 🇰🇪 ✳ 287 3⃣ S Njoroge 🇰🇪 ✳ 288 4⃣ J Cwinyaai 🇺🇬 ✳ 293 5⃣ D Asaba 🇺🇬 ✳ 295 6⃣ R Otile 🇺🇬 ✳ 295 💠Venue: Lake Victoria Serena 💠 LIVE: Results (click) Kigo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Kenyan …
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Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Robert Mugabe, who has died aged 95, used repression and fear to hold on to power in Zimbabwe for 37 years until he was finally ousted when his previously loyal military generals turned against him. After his humiliating fall from office in November 2017, his …
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Cape Town, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is the safest place for any investor to inject their money and offers immense business opportunities, President Yoweri Museveni has said. “If there is a place where you can easily make money, it is Uganda. The place is secure. That is …
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