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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. 

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s first son, has advised his father Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni to fire some State House employees for revealing more information than he would have wanted them to reveal. 

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.

Precision Air has confirmed the number of fatalities and survivors following the crash landing of one of their planes into Lake Victoria on Sunday, November 06, 2022, morning. A public listed Tanzanian airline which provides scheduled flight services to over 17 destinations, Precision Air announced the fatalities and survivors in its Public Notice Number Four which was issued on Sunday. 

A passenger plane carrying about 50 people has landed into Lake Victoria this Sunday morning, raising fears about the safety of those the aircraft plunged into the water mass. The plane which crash landed belonged to Precision Air.