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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 …

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 …

    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 …

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 …