Learners in Uganda are heading back home after the government closed schools two weeks earlier than originally scheduled in order to slow down an outbreak of Ebola in the country. The ministry of education ordered closure of schools after more than 20 confirmed Ebola cases were recorded among students. Parents …
Read More »Male student arrested for pretending to be female student
Operatives of Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested an 18-year-old male student for pretending to be a female student at the girl’s school to meet his girlfriend The suspect, a student of Gatugi Day secondary school in Nyeri, joined a group of girls as they headed to their dormitories. He was unmasked by …
Read More »Kenyan police actively searching for suspected sodomist
Kenyan police are actively searching for a man suspected of having had anal sex with another drunk man after locking him in his house for more than 10 hours. According to the Kenyan Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the man who was making merry with his kinsmen imbibing fermented frothy …
Read More »Uganda: authorities deny link between Ebola spread and Kampala marathon
The health ministry in Uganda has denied in a press release, allegations that a running event held last weekend at the capital, Kampala, was an Ebola super-spreading event. In the statement, the ministry said no participant at the marathon presented any symptom of the deadly virus. “No Ebola case had …
Read More »Kenya: building collapses after evacuation of tenants
A five-storey residential building collapsed on Monday in Ruiru on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, barely a day after its tenants were evacuated, local media reported. The evacuation was witnessed by the local governor, Kimani Wamatangi, on Sunday after the building developed cracks. It had more than 100 …
Read More »Man kidnapped son for ransom from his wife
An eight-year-old boy had been kidnapped in Kenya by his stepfather who demanded a ransom from his wife before releasing the boy. The mother reported the matter of the missing child at Embakasi police station as she found a note by the husband demanding a ransom to release the minor. …
Read More »Uganda: Ebola disease continues to wreak havoc
An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far, the country’s health minister said on Sunday. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly …
Read More »Uganda: Museveni’s harsh words to the West on climate change
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of reprehensible double standards when it comes to commitments to stop climate change. In a post on social media, Mr Museveni highlighted the partial dismantling of a wind farm in Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. He …
Read More »Tanzania: flights resume in Bukoba airport after deadly crash
The Bukoba airport in north-western Tanzania has reopened after being closed following a crash that left 19 people dead. The passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land at the airport on Sunday. The first passenger plane was expected to land at the airport on Thursday, the …
Read More »Kenya Airways pilots ordered to resume work
A Nairobi court ordered the pilots of Kenya Airways to come to work on Wednesday and, for the moment, to cancel their strike. The pilots have been refusing to work in protest over the suspension of contributions to their retirement fund by Kenya Airways management. The judge, Anna Ngubuini Mwaure, …
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