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  • Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and commander Muhoozi Kainerugaba.  TWITTER MUHOOZI 
 
  • Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, came under harsh criticism after insinuating that Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta should have vied for a third term in office.

    Through a statement dated Monday, October 3, Muhoozi noted that Uhuru would have easily trounced current President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the August 9 General Election.

    The commander of the land forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force  -UPDF further explained that in Uganda, only revolution is applicable and not the rule of law as anchored in the Kenyan Constitution.

    Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
    Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Muhoozi Kainerugaba. TWITTER MUHOOZI
     

    "My only problem with my beloved big brother is that he didn't stand for a third term. We would have won easily," Muhoozi stated.

    "love my Kenyan relatives. Constitution? Rule of law? You must be joking! For us there is only the Revolution and you will soon learn about it!" he added. 

    His sentiments, however, sparked uproar from a section of Kenyans online. They called out Museveni's son, insisting that the country is guided by the rule of law where a president's term is only limited to two terms.

    " Kenya is a country with a high level of democracy. They don't easily tamper with the constitution for the betterment of their people. Hope my message reaches home," a social media user Kevin Gogo told Muhoozi.

    "It's not provided for in our Kenyan constitution," Hassan Assumani added.

    Others faulted Muhoozi for threatening to ruin a cordial relationship between President Ruto and Museveni. The two enjoy deeper diplomatic ties.

    "It wouldn't take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi," Lieutenant General Muhoozi stated.

    Museveni was among the 40 heads of state who attended Ruto's inauguration at Kasarani on Tuesday, September 13, where he assured Kenyans that he would deliver his campaign pledges.

    In 2021, Museveni invited Ruto to attend the groundbreaking of a multi-billion pharmaceutical drugs and mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility.

    He, however, insisted that Kenya and Uganda needed to unite while underscoring that he was advocating for a breach of the Kenyan constitution.

    "Kenya and Uganda are brothers! The most important political question in East Africa is 'How soon do we unite?" Muhoozi posed.

    On June 8, Uhuru hosted Muhoozi at State House where they discussed on the need to restore peace in some parts of the region, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

    "Among the issues discussed included the restoration of peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo," dispatch from state house stated.

    The two have also been spotted hanging out at different reclusive spots depicting the closeness between Uhuru and Muhoozi.

    Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba and mother Janet Kataha.
    Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba and mother Janet Kataha. TWITTER By Geoffrey Lutta, Kenyans.co.ke
     

- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned Friday's attack on UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which left one Pakistani blue helmet dead.

"The secretary-general recalls that attacks against United Nations peacekeepers may constitute a war crime under international law. He calls on the Congolese authorities to investigate this incident and swiftly bring those responsible to justice," said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, in a statement.

Guterres expressed his deepest condolences to the family of the fallen peacekeeper and to the government and people of Pakistan, said the statement.

He reaffirmed that the United Nations will continue to support the Congolese government and people in their efforts to bring about peace and stability in the east of the country.

Twirwaneho combatants were suspected to have carried out the attack against a Company Operating Base of the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC in Minembwe of South Kivu province, according to the statement.

The Twirwaneho militia is one of over 120 armed groups in volatile eastern DRC. UN

Tanzania is under pressure to stop bias against adolescent mothers. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Almost a year after Tanzania agreed to re-admit pregnant and married girls to school, the African Union Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) now wants the government to review its policies on the same.

According to the committee, such practices as mandatory pregnancy testing, expulsion from school, illegal detention, total ban of adolescent girls from education post-childbirth and failure to enable adolescent girls’ access to sexual reproductive health services should be done away with to insure girls’ education.

Statistics from the Centre for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organisation, show that more than 55,000 female students in Tanzania dropped out of school due to pregnancy between 2003 and 2011.

Although a number of school dropouts can be enrolled for adult or informal education, most young mothers do not do so for a number of reasons including being shamed by former schoolmates.

 

“Investigate cases of detention of pregnant girls and immediately release detained pregnant girls under interrogation on who impregnated them and immediately stop the arbitrary and illegal arrests of pregnant schoolgirls,” states the committee.

The government is expected to report back to the committee within 180 days on measures taken.

“The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child requires states to observe the best interest of the child in every decision affecting them and as such, Tanzania has an obligation to protect the rights of adolescent girls to education, equality, non-discrimination, freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment and right to access sexual and reproductive health services,” wrote ACERW.

In 2017, the late president John Magufuli endorsed a school ban against pregnant students, adolescent mothers and married girls.

At the time, Human Rights Watch quoted government officials saying: “Allowing pregnant girls to remain in school would normalise out-of-wedlock pregnancy, absolve the girls of punishment, and create a “domino effect” by which more girls become pregnant.”  By  By BEATRICE MATERU, The East African

Uganda Cranes on Saturday learnt the teams they will face at the forthcoming African Nations Championship Algeria 2022.

The draws for the biennial tournament were held in Algeria, the hosts nation on Saturday.

Uganda had a strong delegation at the function led by FUFA President and CAF Executive Member Hon. Magogo Moses Hassim, FUFA CEO Edgar Watson, Coach Milutin Sredojevic and National Teams Manager Patrick Ntege.

National Teams Manager Patrick Ntege(Left) poses for a photo with FUFA President Hon.Magogo Moses Hassim

The team was pooled in Group B alongside Dr Congo, Cote D’Ivoire and Senegal.

Coach Sredojevic aka Micho in his reaction to the draw indicated this was a fair draw and hopes Uganda to perform well.

“We can say this is a fair draw for Uganda. Before the groups were made, we prayed not to be put in groups with three teams, avoiding hosts Algeria and then Morocco,” he started before adding, ” this doesn’t mean that team that Senegal, Dr Congo and Ivory Coast are any weak. We have to get the best of preparations before the tournament starts.”

Coach Milutin Sredojevic

“It is important that the League back home has started and we shall have time shortly before Christmas when the first round is finished. That will give us ample time to start preparations early enough.”

This is the sixth successive time that Uganda Cranes will be playing at the final tournament having featured in the 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 editions.  FUFA

  • Remains of the house razed down by fire, killing seven family members on Saturday, October 1, 2022.  MUCHANGI KAREMBA
     
  • Seven family members were killed after their house was reduced to ashes in a night fire in Runyenjes constituency, Embu County.

    Area Member of Parliament Muchangi Karemba confirmed the incident on Sunday, October 2, stating that the fire broke out in the three-bedroom wooden abode at night.

    Among those who perished was a man, his wife, their three children and three grandchildren.

    Runyenjes MP Muchange Karemba arrives at the scene where seven family members died in an inferno of the house razed down by fire killing seven family members on Saturday, October 2, 2022
    Runyenjes MP Muchangi Karemba arrives at the scene where seven family members died in an inferno on Saturday, October 1, 2022.
    MUCHANGI KAREMBA
     

    "We have lost seven people through a fire incident at Ngimari- Gichiche Sub-location. Our thoughts and prayers are with the extended family of Benjamin Muthathai whose son Charles Kariuki is the father and husband of the family that has perished," Karemba wrote.

    Images seen by Kenyans.co.ke reveal that the house was razed down with only metallic suitcases left unfazed. The cause of the fire is yet to be established. Police officers arrived at the scene and ferried the remains of the seven to the nearby mortuary. The cops have also launched an investigation to the incident.

    "Crime scene officers have commenced investigations to unravel this sad occurrence. We urge anyone with information to volunteer it to our officers to speed up the process of investigations," the MP stated.

    Embu Woman Representative arrived at the scene and mourned the demise of the seven. She further condoled with the family of  the deceased and asked investigating officers to expedite a probe into the matter.

    The incident comes just months after a family of six - a grandmother, her three children and two grandchildren - was wiped out in an inferno that consumed their house in Murang'a county. 

    An inquiry into the incident that happened on April 9, established that it was an arson attack, which was a culmination of a prolonged family dispute.

    Rebecca Wambui, the lone survivor of the inferno, stated that she was lucky to be alive since she left the home  a day before the fire. However, she admitted witnessing a verbal confrontation between her aunts which may have resulted in the tragedy. 

    A sister of the deceased, who was identified as a person of interest in the case, was taken into police custody.

    Witnesses at the scene of arson in Kandara, Murang'a County.
    Witnesses at the scene of arson in Kandara, Murang'a County. FILE By Paul Kurgat Kenyans.co.ke

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