National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga on Saturday declared he was not afraid of international sanctions against him for carrying on with his swearing-in as the peoples President, reports the Daily Nation. Mr Odinga said he would sacrifice travelling out of the country if that would deliver Kenya from
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Vatican City (AP) -- Pope Francis has recognized as martyrs 19 people who were slain in Algeria in the 1990s, including a bishop killed by a car bomb and beheaded monks. The Vatican said Saturday that Francis had approved decrees attesting to the martyrdom of Bishop Pierre Claverie and the
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You’ve long heard the warning that you should try to keep a consistent sleep schedule, waking up as close as possible to the same time every day, including weekends. But some recent research has found a slight exception to that rule, giving you permission to snooze past sunrise on leisurely
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A company belonging to Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has been ordered to vacate prime urban land belonging to a private school, or face legal action. The Mugabe-owned Gushungo Holdings is alleged to have taken over a 23-hectare property in an upmarket suburb in Harare. The Reformed Church says the
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The daughters of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni are set to release a movie of his life in the bush. Natasha Karugire, Diana Kamuntu and cousin, Esteri Akandwanaho, who act in movie dubbed M-27 guns, want to retell the National Resistant Army (NRA) bush war which brought Mr Museveni to power
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Victoria University that is owned by Uganda’s richest man, Sudhir Ruparelia has taken its scholarship scheme to the grassroots so as to support the needy in rural areas access quality education. The scheme, run under Ruparelia Foundation’s “Support the Community Scholarship”, covers 50 percent of tuition fees of the students
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NASA leader Raila Odinga Raila Odinga won the August 8, 2017 General Election with 8,041,726 votes against Uhuru Kenyatta’ 7, 755, 428 votes according to figures the National Super Alliance allege are from the Independent and Electoral Boundaries (IEBC) servers, the Standard reports. During a presser on Friday, January
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With European soccer’s annual transfer window drawing to a close and star players from Alexis Sanchez to Virgil van Dijk changing hands at values higher than ever, Nike Inc. has a boots-on-the-ground advantage over rival Adidas AG, Bloomberg reports. The combined value of the 100 most expensive players in the
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US President Donald Trump is to meet Rwanda's President Paul Kagame at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It is the final day of the annual summit, which brings together global political leaders, businesspeople and economists. Some African attendees have threatened to boycott President Trump's speech later today over
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Police has recovered the body of Captain Aluma Ariko, the Assistant Private Secretary to the President on Security from a guest house in Kampala. Aluma's lifeless body was found lying in Kaguje Guest House near Usafi market where he checked in last night. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson,
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