Today, people started the 12th Kabaka birthday run in Kampala, which happens every year. Many people from the Buganda Kingdom and Airtel Uganda came to the event at the kingdom's main place in Mengo.
The run will happen on April 6. Everyone will celebrate Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II's 70th birthday!
Charles Peter Mayiga, an important leader called the Katikkiro, talked at the event. He said the United States stopped giving money to help fight HIV/AIDS. This makes fighting the disease harder.
"We must find ways to fix this problem," Mayiga said. "Families and the government need to save money. We should stay healthy. Young people should use protection or wait to have sex. The government must make fighting HIV/AIDS very important."...
Ugandan Officials Push for Hospital Upgrade and Road Development in Sheema.
Sheema District leaders have urged President Museveni to upgrade Kitagata Hospital to a regional referral facility and tarmac the Bwizibwera-Kabwohe-Kitagata road during his recent Parish Development Model assessment tour in the Ankole sub-region.
Naome Kibaaju, Member of Parliament for Sheema North, addressed the Ugandan President on Tuesday, highlighting that the road project has appeared in multiple financial year budgets without implementation.
"Your Excellency, the Bwizibwera-Kitagata via Kabwohe road needs to be upgraded to tarmac. It has been in multiple financial year budgets but remains unworked. Your Excellency, you once pledged to have it...
People think Zimbabwe will grow very fast this year. The African Bank says Zimbabwe's money will grow by 5.3 percent, making It one of the fastest-growing places in Africa.
The money person in Zimbabwe, Professor Mthuli Ncube, thinks it will grow even more by 6 percent. Other places like Niger, Senegal, Rwanda, and Ethiopia will also grow fast. Niger might grow the most because of its oil.
Farms in Zimbabwe will help the country grow because good rain fell this year. Last year was hard because not much rain fell. The country only grew by 2 percent then, and people could not grow much corn to eat.
This year will be better. Digging for gold and other special rocks will help. More people will visit Zimbabwe to see nice places. The...
The Government keeps looking into the big accident that happened on February 14 on the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway. Twenty-eight people died when a bus crashed into a truck near the Lutumba tollgate in Beitbridge.
The Government stopped Urban Connect buses from running after finding out they did not have proper papers. The bus did not have good insurance for people riding in it, and it also did not have the right papers to drive on that road. The driver did not take the tests he needed to take.
Transport Minister Felix Mhona talked about this today. "I want to say sorry for the people who died in that awful crash," he said. "We need to think about many things when we talk about crashes. This driver was going very fast near the...
The Harare City Council wants to make a new computer system for people waiting for houses. This will stop bad things from happening inside their offices.
The Mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume, told everyone about this at a meeting at the Town House today.
Mayor Mafume said this new computer system will improve things. With it, people living in Harare can talk to the city more easily.
"Many people feel upset because of slow paper work and some workers who ask for extra money," he said. "Our new computer system lets people see where their papers are. This makes it hard for workers to do wrong things."
The Zimbabwe rugby community is very sad because Aaron Jani has died. He was 55 years old.
Aaron died on Wednesday because of cancer in his body. He had been sick for almost ten years.
"He had not been feeling well for a long time," said Losson Mtongwiza, who is the boss of Zimbabwe Rugby. "He had cancer for about ten years, but in the last three months, he had a lot of pain. We are very sad to lose Aaron. He loved rugby very much."
The family has not said when the funeral will be. The Rugby people want to give Aaron's family time to be sad.
The Pan African Parliament, also known as PAP, is very sad because a great man from Namibia has died. His name was Sam Nujoma, and he was the first President of Namibia. He passed away on February 8 in his country at the age of 95.
Chief Fortune Charumbira, who is the president of PAP, said that President Nujoma was a man who always did what was right. He cared deeply about making Africa a better place and never gave up on that dream. Chief Charumbira thinks that President Nujoma was an amazing leader who helped change many things for the better.
President Nujoma's impact went beyond just Namibia. He worked hard to help free many parts of Africa. Chief Charumbira believes that everyone at PAP will always remember President Nujoma's...
The Senate has decided to change how long Gloria Orwoba, a Nominated Senator, will be suspended from the Senate and Parliament. Instead of being suspended for 79 days, she will only be suspended for 30 days.
Aaron Cheruiyot, the Senate Majority Leader, said they made this decision because Senator Orwoba has shown that she is truly sorry for what she did. He said that after the Senate Deputy Speaker Kathuri Murungi talked about what happened with Senator Orwoba on February 12, they think she should be allowed to come back to the Senate on March 13 this year.
Senator Cheruiyot explained that Senator Orwoba has apologized for her behavior. The Senate has agreed to change her suspension from 79 days to just 30 days.
The Majority Leader...
Some people from Kenya were attacked near the border of Kenya and Ethiopia. It happened in a place called Todonyang. The attack was very serious, and now some Kenyans are missing. The Kenyan government is working hard to find them.
Kipchumba Murkomen, an important leader in Kenya, said that Kenya and Ethiopia talked about the problem. Ethiopia has agreed to let Kenyans go to the place where the attack happened. They want to search for the missing people and also look for 15 boats.
Mr. Murkomen promised that the Kenyan government is doing everything it can to find the missing Kenyans and that they are talking with the Ethiopian government to make things peaceful again in that area.
He asked the families of the missing people to stay...
