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The Director of Political Affairs Mediation and Peacebuilding, Dr. Aleu Garang, at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has called upon youth inclusion in governance to prevent conflicts. Dr. Garang made this call to the IGAD Governance Forum held at the Imperial Hotel, Kampala, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. The Forum gathered representatives from IGAD member states, human rights advocates, and policy experts to exchange experiences on governance strengths, challenges, and emerging issues within the region. Dr. Garang said the youth who...

The Karenga District Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Ocailap Geoffrey Filbert has commended the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) for their pivotal role in restoring stability and peace to the Karamoja region. Speaking at the district headquarters Ocailap on September 20, 2024, expressed optimism about the declining levels of insecurity in the Karamoja Region a development he said has led to food security in the region. “With security guaranteed, the food problem will be history in Karamoja,” Ocailap noted. He highlighted the impressive...

Six students have been arrested in Kenya for being in possession of petrol and burning a school dormitory in Machakos county. This incident happened on Thursday night, September 19, 2024, at Mumbuni Boys Secondary School in Machakos county, Kenya. The six suspects were students from Forms four and three and were found with half a liter of petrol that was used to burn one of the boys’ dormitories. According to preliminary reports, the fire erupted after students had retired to their dormitories...

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has led Parliament in paying tribute to former Olympic athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei. Cheptegei died in Kenya following a petrol attack by her former boyfriend. Rebecca Cheptegei who died about two weeks ago, was a cross-country, long-distance and marathon runner who represented Uganda on national and international competitions, winning a couple of medals. Tayebwa described her attack as unfortunate and called for critical solutions to end domestic violence in Uganda. The deputy speaker made the...

The residents of Shauri Moyo, a low-income neighborhood in Pumwani, Nairobi-Kenya, have faced a devastating tragedy after an excavation site for a sewer line that was under construction collapsed, resulting in the deaths of four workers. The incident occurred on September 13, 2024, around 2:50 AM, prompting emergency services to respond swiftly to the scene. According to the National Police Service spokesperson, Resila Atieno Onyango, the rescue operation is still ongoing. "We have so far recovered four bodies from the accident site...

The Ministry of Health has intensified MPOX screening at the Malaba border post after confirming 10 cases in 23 districts within the country. Chandrin Okule, the Malaba Border Post Health In-Charge, said on Thursday, 12, 2024, during an interview that the World Health Organization, through the Ministry of Health, has donated several pieces of health equipment to aid the screening processes. Okule reveals that on average, they screen around 250 entrants daily, and because of enough space, they are positioned to...