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Kampala Woman Member of Parliament (MP) Shamim Malende has been rushed to a hospital in the Kenyan capital Nairobi after her health condition deteriorated, requiring more specialized treatment. 

National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has spoken out on whether he will run for president for a second time, in the year 2026 when Ugandans go to the polls. 

Kenyan President Dr William Samoei Ruto has finally spoken out on reports that some National Assembly and Senate members subscribing to his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Kenya Kwanza Coalition were planning to present a bill to amend the country’s Constitution to remove presidential term limits so that the newly sworn in leader can reign over Kenya non-stop the way Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has ruled his countrymen and women for nearly four decades. 

Kenya’s new Inspect General of National Police (IG) Japheth Koome has cleared the air about reports that he is related to the country’s Chief Justice Martha Koome by either blood or marriage. 

A court in Kenya has cleared the country’s deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, of corruption charges related to a Ksh 7.4bn fraud case that has he has been battling even before he and his boss President Dr William Samoei Ruto were elected to the two top-most offices in the land. 

DON’T SAY WE NEVER WARNED YOU: Bobi Wine Warns Kenyans as William Ruto MP Reveals Plan to Remove Term Limits: Ugandan opposition leader and 2021 presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has warned Kenyans, telling them not to be shocked if President Dr William Samoei Ruto’s administration amends the country’s Constitution to remove term limits to allow the 55-year-old newly sworn in head of state and government rule for more than the 10 years provided for in the country’s supreme law.

Newly elected Kenyan President Dr William Samoei Ruto has released the list of people he has nominated as Principal Secretaries (PS) in various state departments, pending approval by the relevant committees of the National Assembly. 

NAIROBI: Kenya’s new president Dr William Samoei Ruto has revealed plans to increase salaries of all public servants as the government seeks to raise the morale of employees under the civil service. Public Service, Affirmative Action and Gender Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aisha Jumwa Karisa Katana has revealed that the increment would be effected in a period as short as 100 days. 

A long-serving Member of the South Sudanese Parliament has died in the South Sudan capital Juba after a short illness. Veronica Louis Renzi was aged 73 and had been a law maker for 47 years. Renzi represented a constituency in Western Equatoria State under Salva Kiir’s government. She was a nominated member of the SPLM in the Revitalized Transitional Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA).