Author: John Kamau
Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our father was a servant leader – not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said. Jackson, an inspirational orator and long-time Chicagoan, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017. His death comes at a time when the administration of Donald…
Ousted Secretary General of the Orange Democratic Movement Edwin Sifuna has revealed that come what may, he’s not about to back down to threats in his bid to reclaim the ODM party from the captivity of the hyenas. Sifuna who was ousted last week in an ODM top bras meeting held in Mombasa chaired by party leader Oburu Oginga ran to court to stop the gazettement of his deputy also Busia Women Representative Catherine Omanyo who was named in acting capacity to take over Sifuna’s roles. Prior to his ouster, Sifuna and his colleagues Babu Owino, James Orengo, Godfrey Osotsi…
Tensions between the United States and Iran continue to prevail. Amid these, Iran has warned the US against an attack and stated that its military bases in the Middle East will be targeted with Washington decides to strike Tehran. Meanwhile, fresh protests across the globe erupted calling for an end to the Khamenei regime. Munich, Los Angeles and Toronto saw the largest crowds, with smaller protests in cities including Tel Aviv, Lisbon, Sydney and London. In Munich, exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi denounced a crackdown on recent protests inside Iran, as he addressed 250,000 people in the German city. “In…
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has declared that he will not cower from calling out President William Ruto’s administration, noting that it has exhibited a frail leadership that is crippling the nation. Speaking during a church service in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Sifuna vowed to maintain his censures against the State and defend the citizens in honour of the late founder of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Raila Odinga. “We will not fear anything. We will continue to speak the truth so that we protect the citizens from the corruption in this country and the abductions we have witnessed. Raila told us…
A top manager at Uganda tourism board UTB has been dragged to KCCA labor office after the governing board refused to reprimand him for sexually harassing dozens of female employees. The sexpest (names withheld for legal reasons) previously worked at three government entities from where he was investigated, found guilty and expelled for sex harassment. The governing board at UTB knew about the man’s sex harassment habits but still Gave him the job because he is super intelligent and did well at the interviews. He is one of the 10 top executives at UTB. Trouble started when he chewed a…
Aged 48-years, Charlotte Komugisha, a tik tok queen in Kampala has had her cohabitation relationship with Jim with whom she has three children (aged 19, 14 & 12 years) irretrievably become broken. One of her close friends says that the two lived together since 2007 in Kabowa from where they later relocated to Makindye Kizungu zone in Lukuli. The cohabitation boyfriend is kind-hearted and highly educated, which is why he holds a big government job at one of the MDAs. She is a beautiful Munyankole from Ntungamo and friends say she is a fun-loving lady. During their cohabitation, which ran…