• The former assistant minister's remarks were in response to attacks on the Media by Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot.
• Cheruiyot on Monday referred to the fourth estate and the banking sector as 'extremely powerful cartels' that even the President may not manage to crush.
Buckingham Palace has appeared to criticise the charity boss at the centre of a royal race row — Ngozi Fulani — after she appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain on Wednesday to discuss the abuse she experienced after speaking out.
Ngozi Fulani revealed she has resigned from her post as CEO of Sistah Space due to the backlash to the incident.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson has claimed that after a reconciliation meeting in December it was “agreed that no further media comment would be made.”
Fulani and a senior member of the royal household – Lady Susan Hussey – were embroiled in a racism scandal last November after an interaction at a reception hosted by the Queen Consort to raise awareness of violence against women and girls.
At the reception, Lady Hussey – who was at the time Lady of the Household – repeatedly asked Fulani where she was “really from”. Fulani went public with her experience and Lady Hussey stepped down from her honorary position.
In December, the two women took part in a reconciliation meeting in which Hussey is said to have apologised for the hurt she caused.
During her appearance on GMB, Fulani announced that she was temporarily stepping down so the charity can continue with its work providing support to women of Caribbean and African descent who are victims of domestic violence, undisturbed by controversy.
She also expressed her displeasure that the palace has not apologised to her privately, and claimed that the palace did not “intervene” when she experienced abuse after going public.
“Who are they apologising to? If you’re sorry tell me you’re sorry, if you’re not it speaks for itself.”
“If you have to ask somebody for an apology, it’s not an apology”, the campaigner also said.
“The Sistah Space charity has suffered, directly suffered as a result. When you think that this was supposed to be for violence against women and girls, because of this incident the violence has been directed to me. The palace hasn’t intervened, I think they could have”.
However, Fulani said she did not “regret” going public with what happened to her
“Listen, I’m about discussing and making aware violence against women and girls and I’ll go anywhere at anytime to fight that cause. I didn’t expect for that to be directed at me at all”.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson responded by saying that after the reconciliation meeting in December “a joint statement was issued, in full agreement with Ms Fulani”.
The went on to say that “it was recognised that no malice had been intended by Lady Susan.
"In the statement following the incident, a number of pledges were made by the Palace which have all been honoured – including enhancing Diversity and Inclusivity programmes."
The spokesperson added: “For the avoidance of any doubt, we are sorry for the incident that took place and apologise for the distress and difficulty it caused to Ms Fulani."
When Lady Hussey’s comments were first made public they were swiftly condemned by Prince William – Hussey’s godson – whose spokesperson said it was “right” she had stepped down from her position in the royal household.
The spokesperson said at the time: “I was really disappointed to hear about the guest's experience at Buckingham Palace last night.
"Obviously, I wasn’t there, but Racism has no place in our society. The comments were unacceptable, and it is right that the individual has stepped aside with immediate effect.” By Emma Mackenzie, Yahoo News
The President expressed dissatisfaction with the proposal that the ownership and operation of markets be opened up to private individuals
President Museveni has rejected a proposal in the Markets Bill 2021 that would allow companies and private individuals to own and operate markets.
This was revealed in a letter from the President read by the Speaker Anita Among during the plenary sitting on Tuesday, 07 March 2023.
There is need to review clauses on the private ownership of markets given the problems that have been associated with the management of public markets
The President expressed dissatisfaction with the proposal that the ownership and operation of markets be opened up to private individuals.
He added that there is need to review clauses on the private ownership of markets given the problems that have been associated with the management of public markets like extortion of vendors, charging of illegal fees, and levy and existence of landlords in the public markets.
“Given the problems that has been associated with the involvement of private persons or companies in the management of public markets, public markets should be developed and managed by local authorities; therefore, the above clause should be deleted,” the president’s letter read in part.
On sections 19 to 27 on the market management committee responsible for the day-to-day running of the markets, the President stated that the involvement of vendors in the management of public markets has been responsible for fuelling conflicts through unfair utility prices, exorbitant charges on vendors, illegal levies and dues and creation of factions among traders among others.
The President called for the deletion of all nine clauses emphasizing that management of the markets should be strictly by the local authorities.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.
KIGALI, Rwanda
The Congolese rebel group on Tuesday declared a cease-fire to pave the way for dialogue with the Democratic Republic of the Congo government.
“The M23 Movement hereby declares a cease-fire effective from this Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 12.00 noon to pave way for the political process,” the rebels' spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said in a statement.
The cease-fire announcement came after several days of fighting between government forces and the rebels in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The group said the cease-fire is in line with consultations between the M23 leadership and Angolan President Joao Lourenco held in the capital Luanda, as well as decisions made at various regional meetings.
“The M23 takes this opportunity to thank all the regional leaders who have made efforts to listen, and understand its problems, and for their tireless efforts to restore peace and security in eastern DRC,” the statement said.
It called on regional leaders and international partners to “spare no effort” in contributing to current initiatives aimed at restoring peace and stability in the volatile region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Since its reemergence in late 2021, the rebel group has occupied key towns in the country’s eastern North Kivu province.
At a mini-summit in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, regional leaders gave the Congolese rebel group a March 30 deadline to withdraw from all occupied areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern region.
Earlier on Monday, sensing the cease-fire announcement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the rebels to abide by the new initiative.
“The Secretary-General condemns all violence against civilians and renews his call on all Congolese and foreign armed groups to lay down their weapons and disarm unconditionally,” said Stephane Dujarric, Guterres' chief spokesman.
Since last year, fighting between the M23 and government forces has displaced over 600,000 people.
Hundreds of enraged Congolese displaced by fighting in eastern Congo on Monday took to the streets of the provincial capital Goma, demanding help from the provincial government.
Guterres urged all parties to the conflict to provide immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to the affected people, as well as to protect civilians and uphold international humanitarian law.
The fighting has heightened tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's government.
Kinshasa accuses Kigali of backing the rebel group, a charge Rwanda denies.
A cease-fire demanded by African leaders in the Angolan capital of Luanda last November was broken within days. By James Tasamba, Anadolu Agency
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