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ODPP suspends prosecutor arrested over bribery

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has suspended a prosecutor arrested by the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) over bribery claims. According to EACC, Japheth Ouko Mayore Isaboke, the Principal Prosecution Counsel in charge of ODPP Kilgoris, was arrested for soliciting a Ksh50,000 bribe from a businessman in exchange for fast-tracking a […]

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Detained Ugandan opposition figure Besigye treated in clinic overnight

Detained Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, on hunger strike for a week, has been returned to prison after being in a health clinic overnight, his allies have said. The 68-year-old was rushed to a private medical facility in a prison ambulance as his his health was deteriorating, his lawyer Erias Lukwago wrote earlier on Facebook. […]

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Full team that will work with new AUC chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the Djibouti foreign affairs minister, was on Saturday, February 15, 2025, elected as the new African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson in a hotly contested race that took seven rounds for a winner to be determined. Mahmoud won the contest after Kenya’s candidate, Raila Odinga, dropped off in the sixth round after garnering […]

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