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[Citizen] Kampala -- Uganda Airlines is planning to increase frequency on its Entebbe-Dubai route following impressive passenger traffic after the launch on October 7.
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Leaders across the Caribbean on Sunday observing Emancipation Day by reminding people to focus on the significance of what took place 183 years ago on August 1, 1838.\tIn his message to Jamaicans, Prime Minister...
[Monitor] Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Mr Luke Owoyesigire has said the police fire department has started investigations into a fire outbreak that razed down businesses worth millions of shillings in the wee hours of Monday at Kasenyi landing site.
BY SHAME MAKOSHORI AT least 300 workers fired by Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) five years ago, who have won a long-drawn legal battle to return to work, say they are owed $100 million in outstanding salaries by the struggling airline. In High Court papers filed on December 24, in which they demand that AirZim administrator Reggie Saruchera be removed from the role, two unions representing the workers say this amount is rising daily because their relationship with the airline still subsists. They say AirZim had an obligation to pay them monthly salaries. The unions indicated that this amount has seen the combined debt accumulate since July 2015, when the airline “wrongfully, unlawfully and unfairly dismissed (them)…in a typical labour carnage or genocide” following the controversial Zuva judgment, which gave companies the power to fire workers at short notice. The National Airways Workers Union and the Air Transport Union filed a case at the High Court on Christmas eve demanding that Saruchera be removed from his position for failing to comply with the December 7 Supreme Court order, which said they should return to work. Saruchera is cited at the first respondent in the case, with AirZim being the second respondent. “The conduct of the respondent has unduly and unjustifiably delayed the reconstruction of (AirZim) and frustrated the applicants’ members as employees who are now creditors to (AirZim) owed over $100 million, and the debt keeps mounting each passing day because the employer-employee relationship remains subsisting as was confirmed by the authoritative Supreme court judgment of December 7 2020,” the papers read. “The balance of convenience definitely weighs in favour of the applicants in this matter as they are entitled to their wages and benefits in terms of the law. “This honourable court is urged to grant this application to salvage applicants’ (workers) rights, which are at stake. The applicant’s members, who are reeling under social injustice, abject poverty and penury arising from deprivation of payment of their salaries and benefits as a source of eking out a living have been unjustly, wrongfully and unfairly forced to incur legal costs for this court application and it is just, fair and equitable that they be reimbursed,” the court papers said. However, even if the airline agrees to draft them back to their positions, the workers will move into a totally different terrain as so much has changed at the national airline. Back in 2015, AirZim was limping, but there was a semblance of hope following the arrival of two Airbus A320 jetliners, which were being used to open new routes and rebuild the airline’s lost markets. AirZim entered the Tanzanian market in 2016, only a year after relaunching the Harare-Lusaka route using the Chinese assembled MA60 airliners. Most of this fleet has been grounded for various reasons. And even before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded airlines this year, AirZim’s operations had been affected by a sea of hurdles including lack of capital and sliding passenger numbers. The latest air
Survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi welcomed a French court's decision to hand over genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga to the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) in Arusha.
Mr Kabuga's lawyers had argued in court on Wednesday that their client would not receive a fair trial in Arusha, adding that the 84-year old man's health is at risk if he is flown to another country during the coronavirus pandemic.
Survivors of the genocide say that trying Mr Kabuga in France--as he had requested--would jeopardise the trial since France's role in his evasion of justice for over two decades is still questionable.
We completely opposed his desire to be tried in France because those who helped him to hide there could still influence the court during his trial,\" Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu, president of Ibuka, an umbrella organization for genocide survivors, told The EastAfrican.
\"The Arusha court has the jurisdiction to try him, but it is limited on determining the very important aspect of compensation to the genocide survivors whose lives he destroyed.\"
Senior Services’ Meals-on-Wheels program has been providing meals and safety checks to older adults since 1962. This year there are about 1,200 Forsyth County seniors participating in the program and relying on the agency for nutritional support, a brief friendly visit and wellness check each weekday.
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Whitney Houston and The Notorious B.I.G. were among the musical artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 7. The two icons
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service are undermining the long-term survival of native species American wild horses
YREKA, CA, UNITED STATES, October 3, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Bureau of Land Management (‘BLM’) …
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The latest “Verzuz” Instagram Live battle on Saturday between Ludacris and Nelly, like its predecessors, was highly anticipated by music fans — particularly those who came of age during the late 90s and early 2000s.
READ MORE: Jill Scott and Erykah Badu’s ‘Verzuz’ battle breaks record and heals souls
Even Ludacris himself pointed out the obvious as Nelly did his best to keep the show going.
Others on Twitter pointed out that of the “Verzuz” battles so far, the only successful one without any technical issues was last week’s matchup between Erykah Badu and Jill Scott — proving that women truly do it better.
READ MORE: What the Erykah Badu, Jill Scott battle taught us about group economics
“Erykah Badu and Jill Scott had more than double the viewers (in comparison to Luda and Nelly) on their Verzuz WITH over 1 billion impressions,” wrote Twitter user @WannasWorld.
What’s more, some took to Twitter to acknowledge Ludacris and Nelly’s contributions to music that, in addition to collaborating with some of the best women in music to date, they also celebrated Black women and their many shades and shapes of beauty in their songs.
[Shabelle] The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday temporarily suspended the issuance of new visas to visitors from Pakistan and 11 other countries until further notice, the Foreign Office said.
On Friday morning, Jasmine Partridge – mother to two boys and two girls – woke up everybody in the house after turning the water off. “Get up, everybody get up,” said Partridge, who described herself as one of those loud mothers. “I explained that we had to boil water before we use it, if we […]
[Monitor] By Arthur Arnold Wadero
Kenya has announced ground and aerial control operations against hopper bands that were sighted in northwest Turkana and Marsabit.
Ministry of Agriculture Principal Secretary Prof Hamadi Boga, in the State Department for Crop Development and Agriculture Research announced the spraying of the hoppers that were seen in Turkana last Sunday, and which are likely to spread into Eastern Uganda.
\"The new swarm of locusts that was seen in Turkana this week is in the hopper state.
The PS's remarks come a few days after Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned that the first generation of desert locusts in Kenya has matured and was ready to breed.
FAO's May 26 update said the situation in East Africa remains alarming as more swarms form and mature in Ethiopia and northern and central Kenya.
BY DARLINGTON MWASHITA UNITED STATES-BASED online radio, Zim Net Radio said it is committed to promote up-and-coming musicians from Zimbabwe and exposiing
The post US station promotes Zim rising talents appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Brown has announced plans to liquidate the regional carrier, LIAT.Browne, who made the announcement on Saturday, said a new entity will be formed and a meeting of all shareholders will be held shortly to discuss the matter.
[East African] The Rwanda National Police has dismissed up to 56 police officers between January and October as the force cracks down on gross misconduct.
In an effort to assure people that they wouldn't be given expired vaccines, health authorities in Malawi burned nearly 20,000 outdated doses of the coronavirus immunization.
Hundreds of United Airlines employees are facing termination after failing to comply with the airline’s vaccine mandate. On Tuesday, the airline stated it had started the process of discharging 593 […]
The post United Airlines Set To Terminate Hundreds Of Unvaccinated Employees appeared first on Essence.
[Namibian] A number of Air Namibia employees claim they have given their lives to the national airline and have been left devastated after the government's announcement that it is enforcing a 2020 decision to liquidate the company.
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The days of pets flying with their owners in airplane cabins are coming to an end. The Transportation Department issued a final rule Wednesday covering animals on airlines. It decided that only dogs can fly as service animals, and companions that passengers use for emotional support don't count. The rule aims to settle years of tension between airlines and passengers who bring their pets on board for free by saying they need them for emotional help. Under a longstanding department policy, all the passengers needed was a note from a health professional. Airlines argued […]
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