Uganda’s Silent Killer: Lawyers Join Fight Against Trans Fats as NCDs Rise
ByPATRICK JARAMOGI KISUMU, Kenya October 15 [SHIFTMEDIA] In the gentle dawn of a quiet Wednesday in Kochi, India, a mighty heart ceased to beat. As the sun climbed slowly over the Ayurvedic gardens where he strolled…
Read MoreBy Our Reporter NAIROBI, June 18 (Reuters) A man shot at point-blank range by a Kenyan police officer during protests in the capital Nairobi against extrajudicial killings by security forces is alive but in intensive…
Read MoreBY KENNETH OMONDI NAIROBI, Kenya SHIFT MEDIA Kenya’s police has asked protesters to avoid marching to the capital’s main airport and its environs, while the airport’s operator has asked passengers to arrive hours before flights…
Read MoreBy Our Reporter WAKISO, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] Scores of children drawn from war-torn Luwero Triangle have sought refuge at a new orphanage, in Kayanja Kiruhura, thanks to the efforts of Pastor Noar Kamanzi of Upward Church…
Read MoreBy ROBERT KAMUKAMA NAIROBI, Kenya [SHIFTMEDIA NEWS] Kenya’s Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said the destruction of roads in Kisumu town caused by the anti-government protests will cost Ksh.200 million ($1.8M) to…
Read MoreBy Our Reporter ENTEBBE, Uganda[SHIFT MEDIA] It was tears of Joy as more additional 11 Ugandans landed safely aboard Kenya Airways from Sudan. The 11, 6 male and 5 female including two heart patients, one…
Read MoreBy Our Reporter KHARTOUM, Sudan [SHIFTMEDIA] Another batch of Ugandan nationals trapped in war-torn Sudan are expected back in the country any moment, Uganda’s ambassador to Khartoum H.E Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu (PhD) has disclosed.…
Read MoreBy PATRIK JARAMOGI ENTEBBE, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] There are just about 20 or less more Ugandans still trapped in war torn Sudanese capital Khartoum, Government has clarified. When the civil strife emerged in Khartoum some three…
Read MoreBy Our Reporter NAIROBI, Kenya [SHIFTMEDIA] Following the truce, Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party yesterday called off the fourth round of protests planned for today but warned of a resumption to the demonstrations…
Read MoreBy Our Reporter NAIROBI, Kenya [SHIFT MEDIA] The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has ordered investigations into the alleged sexual exploitation and abuse of female workers at Unilever and James Finlay tea farms that…
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