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Uganda: Midiwo Warns Uganda Against "Interference"

DEPUTY Minority Chief Whip, Jakoyo Midiwo, alleged a consignment of police uniform was intercepted at Busia border on its way to Kenya. Speaking at Uhuru Park during the Saba Saba rally, Midiwo said that the police uniform had origins at Kampala and blamed Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda, for planning to send Ugandan police as reminiscent of 2007. Midiwo piled the pressure on Museveni describing him as a dictator who should desist from interfering with the Kenyan democracy by sending in his police officers. “A bus was this (Monday) morning was caught at Busia border carrying three bales of military uniforms, boots and berets,” said Midiwo. According to a report by New Dominion Philanthropy Metrics, the carnage in 2007 was horrific with 1 500 dead, 3 000 innocent women raped, and 300 000 people left internally displaced. Most of these atrocities happened in the first 14 days after the 2007 Kenyan general election. Meanwhile, leaders of the Coalition for Refo...

Political unrest causing a dilemma to trade in South Sudan

Since the onset of the clashes in South Sudan main capital Juba late last year, it has brought many businesses to a standstill. It is was not business as usual even we at Africa Shipping Logistics were not spared either thence decided at one point in time to suspend our activities in South Sudan till when the situation calms down. A new dawn is beckoning in this young nation as the two factions reached a compromise to give dialogue process a chance. The Second Session of Phase II of the South Sudan Peace Process that adjourned on 3 March, resumed on Tuesday 25 March 2014 in Addis Ababa. With the renewed energies in the peace process South Sudan should be back on track in no time thus ensuring many businesses are rescued from this downfall trend. Africa Shipping Logistics have continued to remain vigilant in ensuring that business both local and foreign are fully supported in their logistics aspects by ensuring timely and secured door to door logistics to and from all...

What’s in a name? To Kalonzo Musyoka, everything

Thursday must have been a grueling day for Kalonzo Musyoka. He dug himself into a hole, and didn’t stop digging until he was sure he was well and truly buried under a dirty heap of ignominy. CORD leadership had assembled in force to deliver its long-awaited verdict on the performance of Jubilee in government over the past year. Going by innumerable pointed hints preceding the CORD news conference, this verdict was going to be unforgiving indeed. They had noisily berated Jubilee of discrimination, ethnic profiling and failing to unite the country. Nobody will remember a thing about the news conference, thanks to Mr Musyoka. He was asked a question by a journalist, and he sought to know the journalist’s name before answering. However, as soon as Mr Musyoka learnt the journalist’s name, it was a wrap! “Thank you, Kennedy Mureithi; that name betrays it all. Absolutely. Thank you! I have nothing else to say.” Let us visit salient points of this sinister disclosure. Perhaps we start...

Kalonzo Musyoka apologises for gross remark

Cord co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka was a man under siege Thursday. This came following reports he had made insulting remarks against a journalist at a media briefing. Kalonzo was forced to clarify his remarks in which he told the journalist that a question he had asked suggested political leanings based on his ethnic background. “Indeed, it was with a light touch but I wish to apologize to him, the entire journalistic fraternity and anybody else who might feel the comments were offensive,” Kalonzo said, adding “I did have tea with Murithi and duly apologized for any hurt my remark would have caused.” But the Nation Media Group journalist Kennedy Murithi posted on Twitter that “nobody has apologized to me...I have NOT had tea with him, contrary to what his statement says.”  In his clarification, Kalonzo said his response had been prompted by failure by the journalist to identify himself and the media house he works for. To Kalonzo Musyoka, everything “I felt he had asked a m...