Tag Archives: Kenyas

Digital inclusion: What Ugandan telecoms can learn from Kenya’s Safaricom and South Africa’s Vodacom

Digital inclusion What Ugandan telecoms can learn from Kenyas Safaricom

Perhaps it is no coincidence that Kenya’s Safaricom and South Africa’s Vodacom, two sister companies partly owned by British multinational Vodafone, have emerged as leaders in providing accessible services to persons with disabilities (PWDs). An August 2020 report, Access Denied: How Telecom Operators in Africa Are Failing Persons With Disabilities, by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and …

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Kenya’s Sawe Wins London Marathon As Kiplimo Finishes Third In Record-Breaking Run

Kenya’s Sawe Wins London Marathon As Kiplimo Finishes Third In Record-Breaking Run

Viewers: 90,001 By Spy Uganda Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo delivered a career-defining performance at the London Marathon, finishing third in a national record time of 2:00:28 in one of the greatest marathon races ever staged. Kiplimo shattered his previous personal best of 2:03:37 to secure a podium finish in a men’s elite race that rewrote the history books. His effort …

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After U.S. cuts anti-HIV funds, Kenya’s health staff work without pay

Kenya health worker

By Victoria Amunga KISUMU, Kenya — On a hot Tuesday afternoon, 52-year-old Paul Ochieng sits in a consultation room at Ogongosa health center on the outskirts of Kenya’s Kisumu city. He is not there for his own appointment; he has accompanied one of his teenage clients after completing morning home visits. But unlike years past, Ochieng will return home without pay for the …

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Inter-Religious Council of Uganda Mourns Kenya’s Odinga

Inter Religious Council of Uganda Mourns Kenyas Odinga

    KAMPALA– ‎The Interreligious Council of Uganda (IRCU) has joined hundreds of global leaders in mourning the passing of Kenya’s former Prime Minister, the late Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. ‎ ‎His Eminence Sheikh Muhammad Ali Waiswa, the Deputy Mufti, on behalf of His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti of Uganda and Co-Chair/President of IRCU; Pastor …

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Raila Odinga: The Last Giant of Kenya’s Democratic Struggle

Raila Odinga The Last Giant of Kenyas Democratic Struggle

By: Lawrence Mubiru  When the news broke on a calm Nairobi morning that Raila Amolo Odinga had died, the city fell into an eerie stillness. Traffic slowed. Radios went silent between bulletins. For a nation that had for decades measured its politics by his presence — his fiery speeches, his unyielding defiance, his reconciliatory handshakes — the thought of Kenya …

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