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🇺🇬 Water and Environment Ministry urges public to join fight to protect wetlands 
📌The Ministry of Water and Environment has urged the public to get more involved in environmental conservation by reporting all acts of degradation. As she flagged off a cycling race as one of the activities to commemorate World Environment Day, Lucy Iyango, Commissioner Ministry of Water and Environment says they are concerned about the increasing degradation of wetlands in several parts of the country.

🇺🇬 Archbishop Ssemogerere  tips Christians on poverty 
📌The Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kampala, Paul Ssemogerere has challenged Christians to exploit the gifts and talents that God gave them in order to eradicate poverty at household level. He was preaching during centurion thanksgiving mass of Tereza Kekikatu, the mother to Quillino Bamwine the Honorary Consular General, Kingdom of Eswatini in Uganda, held in her home in Kitashekwa Rweera Catholic Parish in Mbarara Archdiocese.

🇺🇬 Government to establish remuneration review board 
📌The Government is considering establishing national remuneration boards that will look into the remuneration of all public servants including commissions, come next financial year. The Minister of Public Service, Wilson Muruuli Mukasa says  it was recommended that a board, composed of experts and eminent people, with no personal interests in pay or in the service, study issues of salary and look at harmonization of salary from time to time and make meaningful recommendations to the Government.

🇺🇬 Former MP marries two wives in one ceremony 
📌Watenga Godfrey Nabutanyi, a former Lutseshe County Member of Parliament officially married  two women on the same day. Watenga held a joint dowry ceremony over the weekend for his two wives Nanzala Beatrice and Nekesa Christine at his home in Kuushu Town Council in Bududa District. Watenga has been with his two wives for over five years and they have children.

🇺🇬 Kitgum prepares first St Janani Luwum memorial lecture
📌The organizing committee of the 46th St Janani Luwum has set February 15, 2023 for the inaugural memorial lecture in honor of the Saint. Canon Gladys Oyat, the local organizing committee chairperson, says the inaugural St. Janani Luwum memorial lecture will provide people with adequate information about the Saint and inform others about the values he exhibited, his service to society, courage, and leadership for people can draw lessons.

🇺🇬 MITOOMA: Deputy Speaker Tayebwa shares meal with UPDF Engineering Brigade 
📌Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa  expressed humility over the weekend when he shared a meal on a plastic plate with the UPDF Engineering Brigade in Mitooma District.
“We were hosted for lunch by the UPDF Engineering Brigade construction team. I thank the team for the good quality of work and the involvement of the community.” Tayebwa said.

🇺🇬 KABALE: Woman crashed by trailer on Kabale-Kisoro road 
📌A Woman died on spot in a road accident on Saturday  along Kabale-Kisoro road in Kabale Municipality. According to the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson ASP Elly Maate, the woman yet to be identified, fell off the bicycle she was being ridden on and was crashed by a Mercedes-Benz Kenyan trailer, Reg. No KCG 468A/ZF6822, dying instantly.

🇺🇬 BUYENDE: Kyabazinga breaks ground for a multimillion school project 
📌The Kyabazinga of Busoga, His Majesty William Nadiope IV on  Sunday launched the Kindergarten section at New Life schools in Buwaida village in Buyende District. He also broke the ground for the construction of a multimillion upper section storied building which includes a Primary and Secondary. In his speech, Kyabazinga who is also the Patron of New Life Schools Buwaida reminisced that school going children used to trek a distance of five kilometers to go to the nearby school.

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🌍 KENYA: ‘They stole 2.8 million votes from me – Wajackoyah 
📌George Wajackoyah, the leader of the Roots Party has claimed that 2.8 million votes were stolen from him in the previous election. He explained that had decided to support Raila Odinga’s efforts to fight for Kenyan’s right without going into further detail and insisted that it was true that votes were taken away from him as well.
“Ruto must go. Gachagua must go!” Wajackoyah chanted while speaking at a rally in Jacaranda grounds.

🌍 KENYA: Odinga tells Kenyana to stop paying ‘unjust and punitive’ taxes 
📌Opposition leader Raila Odinga has continued his vocal criticism of the Ruto administration, making a bold comparison during a rally at Jacaranda grounds. He likened the Ruto Government to the biblical tax collector Zacchareus, known for his unethical and exploitative practices. Odinga told Kenyans to resist paying taxes, claiming that they were punitive and unjust.
“We ask that all Kenyans demand the removal of these punitive taxes,” Odinga said.

🌍 ACHPR urges Tanzania to ratify human rights instruments 
📌The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) has urged Tanzania to give formal consent to some Human Rights instruments that the country had not ratified. Such instruments include the African Union (AU) convention on conservation of nature and natural resources and the protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the rights of Older Persons.

🌍 SOMALIA: Top Al-Shabab commanders killed in Joint Operations 
📌The Somali Government says it has killed more than 130 fighters from the Islamist militant group Al-Shabab including top commanders. It says a joint operation was carried out with Somalia’s international partners includimg the US military.  136 jihadist fighters had been killed in a joint operation.

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA: Gunmen kill eight at birthday party
📌 Two Gunmen killed eight people after opening fire to a group of people celebrating a birthday party in the yard of the house on Sunday evening in Gqeberha, a township in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. The Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, and the head of police, Fannie Masemola, are expected to lead a delegation to the crime scene today.

🌍 Ukraine needs more weapons- President Zelenskiy
📌 President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said that Ukraine needs new weapons and faster deliveries to confront a very tough situation of constant attacks by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region.
“The situation is very tough. There are constant attempts to break through our defences,” Zelenskiy said in a night video address.