Uhuru is trending on Twitter in Kenya as some people ask whether President Uhuru Kenyatta taking his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on a train ride was a stunt to get more money from China. The two leaders on Thursday travelled some 480km (298 miles) on the Chinese-funded Standard Gauge Railway
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Uganda’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has wondered why Ugandan tax payers should incur the cost of looking after refugees in the country yet it is the mandate of United National High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to look after them. He said the move has exerted financial burden to
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By AFP A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operated by Southwest Airlines made an emergency landing Tuesday after experiencing an engine problem as it was being ferried from Florida to California, the US Federal Aviation Agency said. "The aircraft returned and landed safely in Orlando," the FAA said in a statement,
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A New York-based company is claiming to have obtained a licence to cultivate marijuana on 500 acres of land in Kenya, bringing closer home the current global debate about regulation and control of the narcotic, Business Daily reports. In a notice, GoIP Global Inc, which is listed on the OTC
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A science teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away most of his salary to support poorer pupils, has won a $1m prize (UShs3.7 billion) for the world's best teacher, BBC reports. Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order, won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize. Brother Peter has been
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The US Justice Department has issued summons as part of an investigation into certification and marketing of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes, the CNN reported on Thursday. Prosecutors wrote to Boeing a day after Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao asked the agency to look into the aircraft’s certification. Ms Chao on
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Two more people were on Tuesday reported to have died of hunger in Baringo County in Kenya, Daily Nation reports. Most of the reported deaths have occurred in the county, although two were reported in Turkana County last week. Speaking during relief food distribution in Nginyang', Tiaty, Baringo County, on
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A court in France has sentenced, in absentia, Congolese music star Koffi Olomide to two years in prison after convicting him of having sex with a 15-year-old girl who was one of his dancers. The popular rhumba singer went on trial after four former dancers claimed he sexually assaulted them
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires' list released early March. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history. But he is by no means the richest man of all time. That title
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By THE EAST AFRICAN More by this Author The East African Community Secretariat has sent a team to Rwanda and Uganda to find out the cause of the current hostility between the neighbours. EAC Secretary-General Liberat Mfumukeko said the bloc will “soon” engage the two countries in an effort to
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