Daniel Toroitich arap Moi , his wife and the children.courtesy photo

Accorded to Kenyan history, Torocitich was the first president to rule Kenya for the longest period of time, (1978-2002).

Moi’s  life.

Born in Kuriengwo village, Sacho division, Baringo County, moi was the fifth born children to Mzee Kimoi arap Chebii and kabon chebii. moi’s name toroitich  translating  to “welcome the cattle home” was given to him by the cattle keepers who worked for his father.

Education life;

According to his nephew Joseph Moi Chebii, “Moi had a great interest and love for education”. Toroitich start school after the death of his father in 1928. He first attended to Tandui day and boarding primary school which was then under missionaries.

In 1934, Moi   joined African inland church school kabartonjo were he finished his primary level education.

In 1942, Daniel joined kapsabat government school for his secondary level,

After his secondary level, Arap Moi joined a teachers college in kabartonjo in 1945 were he become a student teacher.

Mio become a teacher and joined Tambach government Africa school as a teacher, currently Tambach boys high school.

Moi later become a head teacher for kabarnet Africa government school now called kabarnet high boy school.

Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. courtesy photo

Political life;

Tambach teachers’ training college was his last work station before he was appointed as a member of the legislative council in 1955.

He served as the third Vice President of Kenya from 1967 to 1978, and succeeded President Jomo Kenyatta following the latter’s death.

He was a close ally of Jomo Kenyatta, who became Kenya’s first president. Moi served as home affairs minister from 1964 and in 1967 became vice-president.

Moi was elected unopposed as president in 1983 and 1988 until he was  forced to adopt a multi-party system of government following mass protests and diplomatic pressure from Western powers.

He was succeeded by President Mwai Kibaki, in 2002.

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He was seen by his critics as an authoritarian ruler who held on to power for 24 years, but his allies credited him for maintaining stability in the East African state.

Daniel arap Moi served as president from 1978 to 2002

Moi stepped down in 2002 after being constitutionally barred from running for a further term.

He was the country’s second president taking over after the death of Jomo Kenyatta in 1978.

In office, he was feared and admired in equal measure, and was accused of human rights abuses. Moi introduced multi-party politics in 1991, but subsequent elections were marred by rigging.

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He was a more populist politician than Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta and his legacy was tarnished by economic stagnation and accusations of corruption.

Moi, born on 2 September 1924 into a farming family, was a close ally of Kenyatta in the run-up to Kenyan independence in 1963.

He served as home affairs minister from 1964 and in 1967 he became the country’s vice-president.

Until the introduction of multi-party politics, Moi was unopposed as president, at elections in 1983 and 1988.

President Moi, pictured in Nairobi with then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1988, appeared to dominate almost every aspect of life in Kenya

He was elected for a further two terms in 1992 and 1997 in polls that were widely regarded as rigged.

While president, he appeared to dominate almost every aspect of life, an impression aided by the state-run media.

His critics see his rule as the lost years, a time when Kenya was bedevilled by corruption, ethnic conflicts and human rights abuses.

They say he stymied economic progress by personalising the state, using government resources to award loyalists and withholding them to punish those who did not toe the line.

For example, roads and factories were seen as gifts to be given and rewards for communities if their top politicians worked with the ruling party, Kanu. This entrenched a culture of political patronage that has become part of Kenyan politics.

But defenders of Moi’s legacy point to his often-repeated line that he kept Kenya “peaceful”, while several African countries were experiencing strife.

Remembering Moi

Dickens Olewe, BBC News Online

The debate about how Kenyans will mourn Moi began long before he succumbed to his recent health problems.

The 95-year-old was loved and loathed in equal measure; his supporters will mourn him as a patriot and a consummate politician who they fondly nicknamed “professor of politics”, but others will choose to remember him as a brutal dictator.

Defenders of Moi will point to his often-repeated line that he kept Kenya “safe and peaceful”, noting that while several African countries were imploding into civil war the country remained stable.

Whichever version of Moi is favoured, the legacy of one of the last surviving independence leaders lives on as many of today’s top politicians, including President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, were protégés of the second president.

Kenya has changed a lot since Moi left office but his influence can still be felt.

Source: BBC

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The judge found there had been widespread irregularities in the May 21 vote.

This is the first election to be legally challenged since Malawi’s independence. A new vote will take place within 151 days.

According to the electoral commission President Mutharika won May’s election with 38 percent of the votes [Eldson Chagara/Reuters]

There have been regular anti-government protests since the election.

President Peter Mutharika was declared the narrow winner of the May election with 38 percent of votes, followed by Lazarus Chakwera with 35 percent and former Vice President Saulos Chilima third with 20 percent.

The challenge was brought by Lazarus Chakwera (left) and Saulos Chilima (centre) against President Peter Mutharika (right)

The four other candidates collectively got nearly six percent.

The five-judge panel heard arguments that the vote was rigged by the president and electoral commission. Both have denied it.

Malawi’s electoral commission acknowledged receiving 147 reports alleging irregularities including the use of correction fluid to alter some results.

The two main opposition candidates alleged that the irregularities affected over 1.4 million of the total 5.1 million votes cast.

Mutharika and the electoral commission acknowledged some irregularities but argued they were insufficient to affect the election’s outcome.

Map showing Malawi

The months-long court case has been accompanied by sometimes violent street protests demanding the resignation of electoral commission chairwoman Jane Ansah.

“Let’s try as much as possible to have elections that are free and fair. Where nobody feels cheated. These people were not just demonstrating for the sake of demonstrating. They strongly felt that they had been cheated. The system had cheated them,” Martha Chikuni, opposition protester, said.

The Malawi Human Rights Commission late last year released a report accusing the police of serious human rights abuses, including rape and assault, in one confrontation.

The judges themselves have come under pressure. In January, Malawi’s anti-corruption bureau arrested businessman Thom Mpinganjira, who was accused of approaching two judges with an offer of $135,000 to sway justice in favour of the president. The chief justice issued an official complaint to the bureau.

Mpinganjira was later released, however, after a magistrate in another court issued an order quashing the arrest warrant. The High Court then overturned that ruling, questioning the lower court’s conduct and ordering Mpinganjira’s arrest.

The international community, including the United Nations and African Union, has issued several statements before the vote urging people across Malawi to uphold the rule of law and remain calm.

A joint statement by diplomats from the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan and others acknowledged the tensions around the ruling.

The vote in May returned the sitting president to power, leading to deadly confrontations and widespread unrest [Amos Gumulira/AFP]

“Malawi can draw on an impressive history of institutions and leaders stepping forward to safeguard your democracy and ensure peaceful resolution for internal tensions,” the statement said, urging all parties to respect the court’s decision – as well as the right to appeal.”For those who choose to exercise their right to demonstrate, we urge you to do so peacefully and legally, and for security personnel to proceed with balance and restraint,” it added.

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Brian Isiko, 25, a student of YMCA College of Business Studies in Jinja, was facing charges of cyber harassment and offensive communication against Ms Rwabwogo.

Isiko the YMCA student in Jinja accused of sending love messages to MP Rwabogo.

However, when the case came up today for hearing and cross examination of Ms Rwabwogo, magistrate Stella Amabilisi dismissed the case for lack of prosecution witnesses.

“From 2018, the witness has never appeared in court yet the accused has been appearing. This shows that the witness is not interested in the matter. In the interest of justice, the case has been dismissed and the accused is set free unless charged with other offences. Bail money should be refunded,” she ruled.

The court’s decision came after the submissions of Isiko’s lawyer Mr Ramathan Waiswa who asked court to have the matter dismissed after the state failed to present the witnesses in court.

“The record reflects that this court had ordered the witness to be in court and the court had said that failure to appear, the case would be dismissed. We pray that the case be dismissed,” he submitted.

Kabarole Woman MP, Sylivia Rwabogo

In July 2018, Court heard from MP Rwabogo that the accused had for a long while persistently sent her love messages that his desire was that the two be together.

“I love you so much and want to protect you. My love is for you alone and since there is no one taking care of you, I will do it,” one of the messages sent by Isiko to the MP read.

These texts began as early as last year prior to the passing of the controversial Age Limit Amendment Bill.

The boy’s pursuance of the legislator followed an interview by one of the dailies in which in the MP revealed that she was still single. When the texts persisted, a worried Sylivia reported the case to police and they set a trap where the student was nabbed.

The MP said they weren’t just mere messages but that Isiko was being used by selfish individuals in a mission to lure her (Rwabogo) and kill her.

However, Isiko’s lawyers during one of the examination of the MP said his client’s messages were extracted for International Artists such as Don William, Iglesias Enrique and Akon, and so they do not carry any harm.

He demand that court first listens to the songs he had put on the Compact Disk on the court file so as to determine whether they are offensive in nature.

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According to the Nigerian authorities, a national emergency operations centre had been activated to coordinate the response “to the increasing number of Lassa fever cases” across the country

Lassa fever is endemic to the West African country and its name comes from the town of Lassa in northern Nigeria where it was first identified in 1969.

Previously, cases of the disease have been reported in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo and Benin – where it killed at least 9 people in 2016.

A map showing West African country.courtesy photo

Lassa fever

Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus.

Symptoms for Lassa fever

• Fever
• Weakness
• Headaches
• Vomiting
• Muscle pains 

Prevention measures WHO

• Avoid contact with blood and body fluids while caring for sick persons.
• Discourage rodents from entering homes such rats
• Disposing of garbage far from the home, maintaining clean households

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Can online audience (social media) determine the next president of Uganda? According to global stats anlysis,49.33% of Ugandan use facebook,17.3% twitter and internet(google).

FACEBOOK PERFORMANCE

According to the server carried out on Facebook, Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi wine is leading with 55%(1,071,238) likes,55.2%(1,104,141) followings, followed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni with 30.5%(593,925)likes and 30.3%(606,107) followings and lastly Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe with 14.4%(280,661) likes,14.4%(287,912) followings .These figures keep changing.

Clustered Pyramid Showing People Who Have Liked The Facebook Page For Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine (1,071,238), President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (593,925) And Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe (280,661)

1,071,238 people have liked honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine Facebook page

593,925 people have liked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Facebook page

280,661 people have liked Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe Facebook page

Clustered Pyramid Showing People  Following The Facebook Page For Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine (1,104,141), President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (606107) And Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe (287,912)

1,104,141 people follow Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine Facebook page

606,107 people follow President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Facebook page

287,912 people follow Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe Facebook page

HONORABLE Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu BOBI WINE FACEBOOK PAGE

PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI FACEBOOK PAGE

WARREN KIZZA BESIGYE KIFEFE FACEBOOK PAGE

TWITTER PERFORMANCE

On twitter, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is leading with 59% (1300000) followers followed by  Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi wine with 21%(464030) followers and lastly Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe with 19.8%(437070) followers

A pie chart showing people following the twitter account of, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (1300000), Honorable R Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine (464030) And Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe (437070)

RESULTS

1,300,000 People are Following President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Twitter account

464030 People are Following Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine Twitter account

437070 People are Following Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe Twitter account

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Twitter Account

Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine Twitter Account

Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe Twitter Account

Google Searches

According to Google Trends, Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi wine is the most searched person among the three candidates followed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and lastly Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe

In Uganda, Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi wine is the most searched followed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and lastly Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe.

Worldwide Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi wine is the most searched followed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and lastly Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe as shown;

A Line Graph Showing Google Trends In Uganda  Between President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ,Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine For The Past 12month

According to the results obtained from Facebook, twitter and Google trends, Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi wine is performing better than President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe on Facebook and Google searches while President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is leading on twitter.

Kizza Besigye Kifefe is not performing well online, but remember the figures we have today are not Permanente they keep changing with time.

Will online performance make any impact on the 2021 elections? Let’s wait and see.

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This was said in an interview with Richard Quest of CNN on Friday last week, a video that was later released on Monday.

“I’m not interested in a third term,” Mr Kenyatta replied while asked if he has a plan of changing the constitution.

Kenyatta also revealed that his handshake with the now African Union Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa Raila Odinga was meant to bring about development to Kenya.

“We’ve said, ‘Look, we don’t have to always agree on everything. But we can agree on things Kenya, and we can agree that this issue of cyclical elections has to come to an end,'” the President said.​

CNN’s Richard Quest interviews President Uhuru Kenyatta last week on Friday

Among other questions, Kenyatta was also questioned of whether he is bothered by the country’s debt to the Chinese.

Kenyatta revealed why people are only focusing on China as the only lender to Kenya and not other multilateral lenders like World Bank and African Development Bank.

“Why are we focusing ourselves only on one lender?” Mr Kenyatta asked.

“As far as I am concerned, we have a very healthy mix of debt from the multilateral lenders — who are basically the World Bank and the African Development Bank — to bilateral lenders like Japan, China, France, all who are participating and working with us to help us achieve our objectives,”  Kenyatta added.

Kenyatta was also quizzed on China’s intentions of giving loans to African Countries.

“We have an infrastructure gap that we need to fill and we are going to work with our partners across the globe who are willing to partner and to work with us.”

“What would worry me is if the debt that we have incurred has gone into recurrent expenditure, has gone into paying salaries or electricity bills and so on and so forth. But what we have utilised our debt for is to close the infrastructure gap,” he said.

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President Museveni at a recent function. Internet photo

President Yoweri Museveni has urged the European Union (EU) to support Uganda’s efforts to relocate people from wetlands and forests and avert environmental degradation and landslides.

“When Hon. Kuteesa was at the UN, I tasked him with fundraising for this cause. We want to remove people from the wetlands. He raised US$22million. Support us to relocate these people,” the President said, adding that the recent landslide in Bududa District has woken up the population there and now they are ready to move.

The President and the European Union delegation held their annual political dialogue meeting in accordance with Article 8 of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement and forms part of regular political dialogue between Uganda and the EU on global, regional and national issues.

The European Union Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Attilio Pacifici, who led the delegation, had earlier condoled with the President and the people of Uganda following the landslide disaster in Bududa District in which over 55 people are confirmed to have perished and hundreds displaced. He said the EU has already availed maps of Mt. Elgon from their world satellite to gather more information.

The delegation included Heads of Missions of Austria, H.E. Gunter Engelits, Belgium H.E. Hugo Verbist, France H.E. Stephanie Rivoal, Ireland, H.E. William Carlos, Italy H.E. Domenico Fornara, Germany H.E. Albrecht Conze, the United Kingdom H.E. Peter West, Poland, H.E. Jacek Bazariski, Czech Republic, H.E. Pavel Rezac, Netherlands H.E. Henk Jan Bakker, Sweden H.E. Per Lindgarde and Ms. Majbrit Holm Jacobsen, the Charge d’Affaires of the Danish Embassy.

The President and the Ambassadors talked about regional issues such as security in South Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), climate change, trade and investment climate, among others.

President Museveni called upon the Ambassadors to encourage companies in their countries to invest in Uganda citing that there is need to create employment for the youth. He assured them that he is handling the issue of the Uganda Investment Authority to stop the infighting for investor confidence.

The EU delegation commended President Museveni and the Government of Uganda for the commitment towards finding peace in the region to facilitate trade and development and hospitality towards the refugees.

Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kuteesa, that of Finance and Economic Planning, Matia Kasaija, Attorney General, William Byaruhanga, Security Minister, Elly Tumwiine, National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, Justice Kasule Lumumba and other senior government officials, attended the meeting.

Source: State House

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