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Kenya VP Gachagua impeached

  Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA |  The Senate has upheld the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after two days of hearing. He becomes the first deputy president to be impeached in Kenya’s history. At least 53 senators have voted to uphold the first charge. The motion of impeachment …

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Uganda’s SGR project comes back to life

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of Uganda’s leg of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will finally start next month,  eight years after its launch in Kampala by East African Presidents. Uganda has signed a landmark $3bn (£2.3bn) contract with Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi to build a 272km …

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Battle of the Hashtags

Inside Uganda’ s social media disinformation campaigns COVER STORY | As Uganda edges closer to yet another election cycle in 2026, The Independent’s RONALD MUSOKE revisits one of the most controversial government decisions during election campaigns; the January 13, 2021 ban on Meta’s platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and You Tube on …

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Uganda Cranes secure 2nd victory in AFCON 2025 qualifiers

🇺🇬 Uganda 1-0 South Sudan 🇸🇸 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Liberia 🇱🇷 🇲🇿 Mozambique 1-1 Eswatini 🇸🇿 🇿🇲 Zambia 0-0 Chad 🇹🇩 🇲🇬 Madagascar 1-1 Gambia 🇬🇲 🇧🇯 Benin 3-0 Rwanda 🇷🇼 🇨🇲 Cameroon 4-1 Kenya 🇰🇪 🇪🇬 Egypt 2-0 Mauritania 🇲🇷 🇳🇬 Nigeria 1-0 Libya 🇱🇾 🇿🇦 South Africa …

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