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[Monitor] Mbale High Court has upheld the election of Ms Connie Nakayenze Galiwango as Mbale City Woman Member of Parliament and dismissed, with costs, the election petition filed by Ms Lydia Wanyoto.
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
MINISTER of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says that 90 per cent of previously planned projects are still on target, despite the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic.'COVID-19 has given a little setback but picking up on 2021, we will be on track for somewhere in 2024 and that's very exciting. We are going to be good for 2024,' Bartlett said.
ORISHA priest Michael Osouna believes the time has come for the Orisha faith to be given the recognition it deserves, since it was the spirit of the orishas that guided the Haitians to revolt in 1804, triggering the movement to free African slaves across the world, decades later.
Osouna said the Orisha faith, which originated among the Yoruba of Nigeria and other west African countries, is a “way of life” that should be celebrated, especially on Emancipation Day, when the abolition of slavery in the English-speaking Caribbean, in 1834, is observed.
“In Haiti they call Orisha voodoo. The first country to be liberated from slavery was Haiti. There are different aspects or representations of Orisha. The ancestors' forces and the orishas were used in Haiti under the terminology of voodoo to acquire emancipation.”
[caption id=\"attachment_904583\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] Orisha Kaalah Durham pays respect to ancestors on ancestral grounds in Lopinot/Bon Air West on March 21. - PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE[/caption]
Osouna, known to most as calypsonian Sugar Aloes, said the Orisha faith, which is separate from the Spiritual Baptist religion, is about honouring African ancestors and praising the orishas or deities.
“Yes! One hundred per cent,” he said, in answer to if more should be done to explain the role the orishas played in bringing freedom to slaves.
His call for recognition was agreed to by head of the Emancipation Support Committee Zakiya Uzoma-Wadada.
She said over the years, there have been various African groups calling for the recognition of certain festivals in the Orisha faith such as the Shango festival.
“They believe that we should have a holiday that recognises at least one of the festivals linked to Orisha. I do think that if there is to be a holiday then the Orisha community should come together and make a case and put forward that case and that rationale.”
She added: “The Spiritual Baptist case was based on the amount of torture because of how they expressed their religion in a particular way. I am sure the Orisha suffered the same fate. The strength and organisation of the Spiritual Baptist community is not the same as the Orisha community.”
[caption id=\"attachment_904582\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] Orisha priest Michael Osouna, left, and spritiual elders officiate at the funeral for calypsonian Sandra \"Singing Sandra\" des Vignes-Millington at the Hirondelle Street Basketball Court, Morvant on February 4, 2021. - PHOTO BY ROGER JACOB[/caption]
The lack of unity and support for the Orisha faith stems from followers not unifying and making their case as a unified voice, she said. Regarding the Emancipation Support Committee advocating for the recognition of Orishas, she said the committee is a non-religious organisation promoting all things African. She said any call for a holiday should be done by the Orishas.
Osouna agreed that Orishas should unite in order to achieve their goals. He said the Orisha Square, near the Besson Street Police Station, Port of Spain, is not eno
[Monitor] The government spokesperson, Mr Ofwono Opondo, and the Mbarara Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Lt Col James Mwesigye, have disagreed on how to deal with NRM leaning independent parliamentary candidates.
298 people test positive for Covid-19 from 6,451 samples in last 24 hours, positivity rate at 4.6 per cent and 250,023 total cases
Anne Wanjiku Ngugi a poultry farmer puts feed for her layers at her farm in Thika Kiambu County. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] When Ann Ngugi ventured into poultry farming 25 years ago, the 67-year-old reveres how the business was lucrative. A tray of 30 eggs would fetch a reasonable profit. It is,…
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two bullet-riddled bodies with heads severed, which were found at Plum Lane off Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew, have triggered an intense probe by senior investigators of the Major Investigation Division who are working diligently to piece together whatever evidence or clues they can find to nab the perpetrators of the heinous murders which left the community in shock.
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[Daily News] THE government will focus on stimulating an inclusive and competitive economy, strengthening industrial production capabilities and service delivery as it starts implementing the Third Five Year National Development Plan (FYDP III).
