MUSEVEN ON US ACTION

 Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has used the unfolding US-Venezuela confrontation to warn that Africa remains dangerously exposed to externHe argues that the continent’s long-delayed political and security integrationDuring a media engagement with social media influencers and youth leaders in Kampala, Museveni said the US military operation against Venezuela should serve as a wake-up call. He stated that Africans need to urgently rethink continental unity, strategic security, and a collective defence plan. Museveni cautioned that while global powers may dominate in the air, sea, and space, they would face stiff resistance if they attempted similar actions on land. "Americans’ actions in Venezuela are still unclear; we have yet to learn what is really happening. Although the Americans are powerful in the air, and navy,but if they come within close range on land, we can defeat them," he stated. The Ugandan leader was responding to a question from Marcella Karekye, the director of the Government Citizen Interaction Centre at State House, on what lessons Uganda and Africa should draw from the US operation in Venezuela. 

Venezuela is a member of both the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Global South Movement. Museveni, who currently chairs NAM, a bloc that comprises nearly two-thirds of United Nations member states, mostly from the Global South, said his government was still studying the incident. "You can see the gaps which I am telling you about. Because the Americans are operating from four dimensions. They are operating from the sea. They can come in air and space. Now, they are trying to come on land, which is, of course, risky for the Americans," he said. 

AJALI MBAYA KUMI WAKIAGA

 WATU 10 wamethibitishwa kufa baada ya ajali iliyotokea usiku wa kuamkia Jumatatu katika eneo la Karai, kwenye barabara kuu ya Nairobi–Nakuru karibu na mji wa Naivasha.<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5352755744671694"

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Kwa mujibu wa maafisa, watu wanane waliangamia papo hapo, wakijumuisha abiria wa matatu.

Idadi ya waliofariki iliongezeka hadi 10 baada ya majeruhi wawili kufariki wakitibiwa katika Hospitali ya Kaunti ya Naivasha, ambapo takriban watu 35, wakiwemo watoto watano, walihudumiwa.

Maafisa wa polisi walisema uchunguzi unaendelea ili kubaini sababu kamili ya ajali huku ikisemekana basi lilikuwa likijaribu kupita magari wakati wa msongamano.

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KABEJI IMEPANDA BEI

 

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Hata hivyo, katika eneo la Kinangop Kusini, Kaunti ya Nyandarua, wakulima huuza kabeji kwa kati ya Sh30 na Sh40. Wanasema hii ndiyo bei ya juu zaidi kuwahi kushuhudiwa kwa zao hilo katika eneo hilo.

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