ARAP MOI
Kenya mourns Moi with state funeral
ORBITUARY
Thousands of Kenyans on Tuesday gathered to mourn the country's longest-serving leader, the hardline Daniel Arap Moi, as a week of mourning climaxed with a state funeral.
Moi, whose 24-year rule saw Kenya become a one-party state where critical voices were ruthlessly crushed, died on February 4 aged 95.
Military officers escort a gun carriage carrying the coffin of late former Kenya President, Daniel Arap Moi, draped in the Kenya national flag, during a state funeral service in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020
Mourners began gathering at a national athletics stadium before dawn to pay their respects.
Moi, who towered over Kenya between 1978 and 2002, lay in state for three days in parliament, with tens of thousands of people filing past.
On Tuesday morning, he was taken on a gun carriage draped in Kenya's flag through the streets of Nairobi to the crowded Nyayo national stadium flanked by soldiers.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, who opened the memorial with the national anthem, called Moi "a champion of Pan-Africanism."
Officers from the Kenya Police Service head towards the Nyayo National Stadium on February 11, 2020, where Kenya's former president, the late Daniel Arap Moi's, flag-draped casket was delivered in military honour for a funeral service and public viewing in Nairobi
Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, arrives for the funeral service of former Kenya President, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrives for the funeral service of former Kenya president, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020.
Ethiopian President, Sahle-Work Zewde, arrives for the funeral service of former Kenya president, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi on February 11, 2020.
A man holding a portrait of the late former President of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nakuru on February 7, 2020
A man sells badges bearing the photo of late former Kenya's President Daniel Arap Moi, outside Parliament Buildings where it would Lie-in-State for public viewing, in Nairobi, on February 8, 2020.
Relatives and friends consoles a family member outside the Lee Funeral Home, following the death of former Kenya's president Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi on February 4, 2020. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
A crowd of spectators gather to watch as the flag-draped casket bearing the body of Kenya's former president, Daniel Arap Moi, goes past in a military cortege on February 11, 2020
Women from Maralal, in northern Kenya, attend the funeral service of former Kenya president, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020.
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Drones deployed to fight locusts
The government has deployed drones to spray and control the desert locusts. The operators demonstrated how the drones work before the agriculture minister Vincent Ssempijja and other officials in Katakwi district. I
Drones deployed to fight locusts
The government has deployed drones to spray and control the desert locusts. The operators demonstrated how the drones work before the Agriculture minister Vincent Ssempijja and other officials in Katakwi district. Photo by Emmanuel Alomu
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Today in Parliament
(Photos by Timothy Murungi)
Parliament's natural resources committee discuss dam construction at Uhuru Falls
Simon D'Ujang, the Minister Of State For Energy And Mineral Development has said the developer interested in constructing a dam on Uhuru falls (adjacent to Murchison falls) is yet to get a license for the feasibility study.
He admitted that given the outrage the project attracted, granting the developer the license causes a conflict of interest, the reason why the Electricity Regulatory Authority has not yet issued it. D'Ujang said the government is considering being part of the study. However, many MPs on Parliament's natural resources committee view the feasibility study with suspicion no matter who does it. They believe the government is bent on granting the dam construction, regardless of study outcomes.
MPs consider evacuating Uganda student from Wuhan
MPs have reported that they are receiving endless calls from Ugandan students in China pleading to be evacuated, especially those in Wuhan province, the epicenter of Coronavirus. Kawempe MP Latif Sebagala read a message by students that were more of a cry for help to the Speaker. Students said they are stranded and starving.
MPs collect signatures to censure security minister
Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo is among the several legislators who have penned signatures on a petition calling for the censure of security minister Elly Tumwine.
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DP presidential aspirant Lubega addresses the press
Democratic Party(DP) aspiring presidential candidates Walter Lubega held a press conference and promised to join forces with People Power. He argued that they are both fighting for the same cause. He also faulted the DP president Norbert Mao for fronting self-interests and advised him to promote party interests. Photos by Simon Peter Tumusiime
UNRA boss Kagina inspects Entebbe Express highway
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Executive Director Allen Kagina has inspected the Entebbe Express highway stretch from Abayita Ababiri to Kitoro to ascertain the cause of rampant accidents on road. She moved along with Kampala metropolitan police commander Moses Kafeero and Norman Musinga the metropolitan traffic commander. "We came to find out the nature of each accident and the likely cause," Kagina said. Photos by Emmanuel Alomu
Judiciary fraternity mourns deputy IGG's mother
The Judiciary fraternity gathered at All Saints Cathedral Kampala for the funeral service of Joyce Wabulembo. Wabulembo was the mother of George Bamugemereire, the Deputy Inspector General of Government(IGG). She passed away on Saturday in Iganga.
ARAP MOI
Kenya mourns Moi with state funeral
ORBITUARY
Thousands of Kenyans on Tuesday gathered to mourn the country's longest-serving leader, the hardline Daniel Arap Moi, as a week of mourning climaxed with a state funeral.
Moi, whose 24-year rule saw Kenya become a one-party state where critical voices were ruthlessly crushed, died on February 4 aged 95.
Military officers escort a gun carriage carrying the coffin of late former Kenya President, Daniel Arap Moi, draped in the Kenya national flag, during a state funeral service in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020
Mourners began gathering at a national athletics stadium before dawn to pay their respects.
Moi, who towered over Kenya between 1978 and 2002, lay in state for three days in parliament, with tens of thousands of people filing past.
On Tuesday morning, he was taken on a gun carriage draped in Kenya's flag through the streets of Nairobi to the crowded Nyayo national stadium flanked by soldiers.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, who opened the memorial with the national anthem, called Moi "a champion of Pan-Africanism."
Officers from the Kenya Police Service head towards the Nyayo National Stadium on February 11, 2020, where Kenya's former president, the late Daniel Arap Moi's, flag-draped casket was delivered in military honour for a funeral service and public viewing in Nairobi
Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, arrives for the funeral service of former Kenya President, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrives for the funeral service of former Kenya president, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020.
Ethiopian President, Sahle-Work Zewde, arrives for the funeral service of former Kenya president, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi on February 11, 2020.
A man holding a portrait of the late former President of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nakuru on February 7, 2020
A man sells badges bearing the photo of late former Kenya's President Daniel Arap Moi, outside Parliament Buildings where it would Lie-in-State for public viewing, in Nairobi, on February 8, 2020.
Relatives and friends consoles a family member outside the Lee Funeral Home, following the death of former Kenya's president Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi on February 4, 2020. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
A crowd of spectators gather to watch as the flag-draped casket bearing the body of Kenya's former president, Daniel Arap Moi, goes past in a military cortege on February 11, 2020
Women from Maralal, in northern Kenya, attend the funeral service of former Kenya president, Daniel Arap Moi, in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020.
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Drones deployed to fight locusts
The government has deployed drones to spray and control the desert locusts. The operators demonstrated how the drones work before the agriculture minister Vincent Ssempijja and other officials in Katakwi district. I
Drones deployed to fight locusts
The government has deployed drones to spray and control the desert locusts. The operators demonstrated how the drones work before the Agriculture minister Vincent Ssempijja and other officials in Katakwi district. Photo by Emmanuel Alomu
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Today in Parliament
(Photos by Timothy Murungi)
Parliament's natural resources committee discuss dam construction at Uhuru Falls
Simon D'Ujang, the Minister Of State For Energy And Mineral Development has said the developer interested in constructing a dam on Uhuru falls (adjacent to Murchison falls) is yet to get a license for the feasibility study.
He admitted that given the outrage the project attracted, granting the developer the license causes a conflict of interest, the reason why the Electricity Regulatory Authority has not yet issued it. D'Ujang said the government is considering being part of the study. However, many MPs on Parliament's natural resources committee view the feasibility study with suspicion no matter who does it. They believe the government is bent on granting the dam construction, regardless of study outcomes.
MPs consider evacuating Uganda student from Wuhan
MPs have reported that they are receiving endless calls from Ugandan students in China pleading to be evacuated, especially those in Wuhan province, the epicenter of Coronavirus. Kawempe MP Latif Sebagala read a message by students that were more of a cry for help to the Speaker. Students said they are stranded and starving.
MPs collect signatures to censure security minister
Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo is among the several legislators who have penned signatures on a petition calling for the censure of security minister Elly Tumwine.
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DP presidential aspirant Lubega addresses the press
Democratic Party(DP) aspiring presidential candidates Walter Lubega held a press conference and promised to join forces with People Power. He argued that they are both fighting for the same cause. He also faulted the DP president Norbert Mao for fronting self-interests and advised him to promote party interests. Photos by Simon Peter Tumusiime
UNRA boss Kagina inspects Entebbe Express highway
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Executive Director Allen Kagina has inspect the Entebbe Express highway stretch from Abayita Ababiri to Kitoro to ascertain the cause of rampant accidents on road. She moved along with Kampala metropolitan police commander Moses Kafeero and Norman Musinga the metropolitan traffic commander. "We came to find out the nature of each accident and the likely cause," Kagina said. Photos by Emmanuel Alomu
Judiciary fraternity mourns deputy IGG's mother
The Judiciary fraternity gathered at All Saints Cathedral Kampala for the funeral service of Joyce Wabulembo. Wabulembo is the mother to George Bamugemereire the deputy Inspector General of Government(IGG). She passed away on Saturday in Iganga.