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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.
[New Zimbabwe] DEPUTY Information Minister Kindness Paradza says three applicants who applied and were awarded broadcasting licenses last year are struggling to pay for their licence fees.
Healthy relationships are based on communication, love and respect. They feel good. But not everyone’s relationships are positive. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four women and one in 10 men have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime and reported some … Continued
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Here are four financial New Year's resolutions you should avoid and four goals you should aim to achieve in 2020 instead.
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Budget carrier Jambojet will delay flying to Entebbe and Kigali when international flights start August 1.
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
WESTERN BUREAU: As the race for vacation destinations heats up, several Jamaican hoteliers and tour operators have joined the country’s tourism minister, Edmund Bartlett, in looking on with cautious optimism as the island’s tourist arrivals point...
The union said workers considered marching to demand payment from SAA's business rescue practitioners.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Regional carrier Caribbean Airlines has announced that it will extend layoffs for an additional three months.The period is now set to end on April 15, 2021. The original date was January 15, 2021.
Despite their 38-year age gap, actress Sharon Stone has been out on several dates with rapper RMR. And we've got pictures!
By Alan Fram | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party's showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The compromise, announced by the West Virginia lawmaker and a Democratic aide, seemed to clear […]
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BY DANIEL NHAKANISO THE Zimbabwe women’s national rugby side, Lady Sables, will be hoping for a positive return to competitive rugby when they take on Uganda in two Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Kampala starting today. Zimbabwe will play their Ugandan counterparts in the opening match at the Kyadondo Rugby Club on Wednesday before the […]
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) registered its third win on the bounce after they beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by five wickets in Match 38 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Dubai yesterday.
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South Sudan has registered 54 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 290, the country's Health ministry has said.
Speaking to The EastAfrican on Sunday in Juba, Health ministry spokesman Dr Loi Thuoi said some of the new cases were contacts of people who had already tested positive for the coronavirus disease, others were people who sought help after experiencing symptoms, while a third group were people who were tested as they wanted to travel outside the country.
Last Friday, President Salva Kiir dissolved the High-Level Taskforce on coronavirus pandemic and reconstituted a new one, following complaints from citizens and activists that the committee was full of politicians and makes non-scientific decisions.
The new taskforce is led by Vice President in charge of the Service Cluster, Hussein Abdelbagi, and has a number of undersecretaries, the health minister, and a member of the doctors’ union.
Last week, some South Sudanese criticised President Kiir for easing Covid-19 restrictions, warning that the country may experience a full-blown pandemic.
QATAR Airways is adding Zimbabwe to its schedule starting August, the first time that the Doha-based airline flies into the country. A
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[Monitor] By Arthur Arnold Wadero
Even though many trips have been cancelled because of the ongoing pandemic, that doesn’t mean they have stopped completely or that most of them won’t resume in the near future. For all those with vaping devices who are wondering how they can travel with them without encountering problems, we have Read More
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[Monitor] The outbreak of Covid-19 in the country in March last year left a trail of devastation in its wake.
PARIS, France (AP) - News that the world's most powerful man was infected with the world's most notorious disease dominated screens large and small, drawing shock, sympathy and some barbs for President Donald Trump.
[East African] Somalia is putting on a brave face and promising a transparent election, even as the first Senate polls in the three federal states elicit old problems for the country.
[Monitor] Kampala -- Dr Kizza Besigye, the former leader of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change, has mourned the death of the mother of Gen Kale Kayihura, the former Inspector General of Police.
Press Release:- CASTRIES SAINT LUCIA, Monday, September 20, 2021. Today, the Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority (SLASPA) will undertake emergency pavement repairs on a section towards the eastern end of runway, at the Hewanorra International Airport (HIA). The runway was closed on September 19, 2021, due to a failure in the asphalt surface. This closure necessitated the suspension of operations to facilitate a thorough assessment to determine the extent of the repair. The Authority has engaged a local contractor to undertake the repair works throughout the morning to facilitate the resumption of flight operations at 4:00 p.m. today.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Government should prioritise financing human capital development programs amidst projected revenue shortfalls due to COVID-19 lockdown, experts say.
By PAUL J. WEBER and JILL BLEED Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nearly 3.4 million utility customers around the U.S. were still without power Wednesday in the aftermath of a winter storm that overwhelmed power grids unprepared for climate change, and another blast of snow and ice threatened to impede the efforts to restore service. The latest storm front was expected to bring more hardship to parts of Texas, Arkansas and the Lower Mississippi Valley before moving to the Northeast on Thursday. 'There's really no letup to some of the misery people are feeling across that area,' said Bob […]
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On the outskirts of the small village of KwaHlathi in eastern Kwazulu-Natal province, thousands of South Africans rush out on a quest for \"diamonds.\"
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’) …
