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  • Woman kills Husband in Land Dispute

    Police in Gatare at Macuba sector is holding a woman suspected of having a hand in the death of her husband.

    Niyokwizerwa Solange is said to have been a second wife to Gahamanyi 47 with whom they had five children.

    Neighbours said that the two have always been involved in wrangles and fights just like it happened on wednesday night. The Couple allegedly disagreed when Gahamanyi insisted on selling a plot of land.

    The incidence happened at Rugeregere, Cyimpindu at Kirimbi.

    Neighbours said they had managed to help the couple settle down however, later Gahamanyi was found dead outside the house.

    Bizuru Isaac the executive sectretary of the area told residents to avoid any form of disputes.

  • Usain Bolt Angry at Critics

    Jamaican Sprint SuperStar Usain Bolt has slammed critics who claim that he has been using performance enhancement Drugs suspecting that he could be having samples of yamogen, potatosium, banananitrite and boiledumplinium in his blood system.

    Fresh off completing his historic gold-medal double at the 2012 London Olympic, Usain Bolt has taken a swipe at American sprinter and legendary runner Carl Lewis.

    Lewis—who won five sprint gold medals—had inferred that the fastest man in the world could have a drug link in his past and that only “time will tell” whether or not he is in fact clean and thus the greatest sprinter of all time.

    Carl Lewis said,”When people ask me about Usain Bolt, I say he could be the greatest athlete of all time. But for someone to run 10.03 one year and 9.69 the next…If you don’t question that [result] in a sport that has the [drug] reputation that it has right now, you’re a fool. Period.”

    Naturally Bolt reacted in defense, saying that he had lost all respect for Lewis after his comments.

    Carl Lewis tested positive three times to drugs and his victory in the 1988 Seoul Olympics 100-meter final is considered the dirtiest race of all time, whilst Bolt has never been found guilty in all the drug tests and samples he has given.

    London Olympics chief organizer Sebastian Coe said August 9, he was satisfied that double sprint champion Usain Bolt and his Jamaican teammates were being properly drug-tested outside of races.

    Coe was dragged into the row that erupted after Bolt said following his 200m victory Thursday he had lost all respect for Carl Lewis because the U.S. sprint legend has doubted the toughness of Jamaica’s drug-testing procedures.

  • Malawi President Says Facebook Accounts in Her Name Fake

    Malawi President Joyce Banda has distanced herself from Facebook accounts bearing her names and images and asked the public to ignore and treat them as mischievous.

    In a statement, government said the President is not part of Facebook community and is not using the social media platform to communicate.

    “The President has other routes through which she interacts with young people to share with them her passion, vision, and aspirations for the youth,” a statement said.

    Government said the three Facebook accounts purported to be those of the President are fake.

    The statement noted that they bear three different birth dates for the President “ which clearly demonstrates that they were not created by her.”

    For those who may have poked or sent a message to Joyce Banda accounts on Facebook thinking they were hitting on the Malawi leader were wrong because she is not part of the Facebook community.

    But the Malawi leader is not hitting the keyboard to sign-up a Facebook account though she is technologically savvy leader who follows social networking services and micro-blogging sites.

    Her political People’s Party has however a Facebook group page and also its official website.

  • Genocide Suspect Uwinkindi Refuses to Talk in Court

    Genocide suspect Jean Uwinkindi August 13, refused four times in a row to answer questions from the Prosecution of the High court where he is attending the preliminary hearings of his trial for genocide.

    According to Prosecution’s spokesman Alain Mukurarinda, Uwinkindi is arguing that he “has the right to be silent”.

    Pastor Uwinkindi was arrested on June 30, 2010 in Uganda and transferred to the seat of ICTR in Arusha, Tanzania, two days later.

    On April 19, 2012, he became the first genocide suspect transferred by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to Kigali to face trial before the High Court of his native country. He pleads not guilty to all the charges.

    His refusal to speak doesn’t prevent the proceedings to go on, Mukurarinda told Hirondelle News Agency. “Preliminary hearings are still slated to resume on August 27”.

    Uwinkindi’s defence lawyer Gatera Gashabana didn’t comment on Uwinkindi’s refusal to answer questions, but told Hirondelle News Agency on the phone that they would be ready for the preliminary hearings. “We will request our client to be released on bail”, he added.

    Uwinkindi is charged with genocide and extermination. He is accused of encouraging and leading the killings of Tutsis in his Kayenzi parish during the 1994 genocide.

  • Samsung Unveils Galaxy Note Tablet

    Samsung has unveiled a Galaxy Note tablet designed to make a more personal connection with users and aiming to knock Apple’s iPad off its market throne.

    A key feature of the Galaxy Note 10.1 was a sophisticated “S Pen” that can be used as if it were a pen on paper or a computer mouse.

    “The mission of this device is personalisation -using pen input to create more human communication,” Galaxy Tab consumer business division director Travis Merrill told press while providing an early look at the new tablet.

    “Receiving a handwritten note from someone you know is so much more emotional and powerful than just receiving an email,” he said.

    Samsung built technology from Japan-based Wacom into the tablet screen to create a layer that can sense “S Pens” so precisely it can tell how hard they are being pressed or even if they are hovering, slightly out of touch.

    “If you don’t want to use the S Pen you don’t have to but it is really the heart and soul of the device,” Samsung Telecommunications America product strategy director Shoneel Kolhatkar said.

    Note 10.1 tablets are powered by Google’s latest generation Android software and feature powerful quad-core processors as well as two gigabytes of RAM for quick handling of videos, games and other graphics rich content.

    The tablets are Wi-Fi enabled to connect with the Internet at hotspots and will be available in the United States on Wednesday at prices of $500 for a 16-gigabyte model and $550 for a 32-gigabyte model, according to Samsung.

  • Rwanda, Uganda Cargo Auctioned at Mombasa Port

    Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is auctioning uncollected Cargo at Mombasa port a major facility for products imported by Uganda, Rwanda and other inland countries in the region.

    The move aims at deconjesting the port but has in effect caused business losses to Uganda although Rwanda has not officially stated its position on the matter.

    Kenya Revenue Authority has in recent months embarked on an aggressive drive to clear congestion at the port after traders complained of inefficiency caused by excess cargo lying at the facility.

    KPA has started auctioning uncollected cargo after attempts to entice cargo owners using lower storage charges failed to yield much fruit.

    In February KPA had reduced the period of free storage of import containers at the port of Mombasa as part of a 100-day moratorium to clear their cargo.

    Free storage period for domestic import containers was reduced from five to four days while that for transit import containers was lowered to nine days from the current 11 days.

    The auctions, coupled with improved work flow at the container terminals, has helped ease congestion at Mombasa port substantially.

    Statistics by KPA showed that in July the container yard population at the port of Mombasa has dropped to a record 13,600 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) from 20,700 TEUs experienced during the infamous congestion period early this year.

    The terminal’s capacity is 18,500 TUEs terminal capacity.

    KPA managing director Gichiri Ndua, however, said Kenya was committed to serving the interests of all port users from the region.

    “In our strategic plan, we aim to drop the Kenyan share of total traffic from 70% to about 65% and increase the share of the transit traffic to more than 30%,” he said.

    The port is presently witnessing increased activity following improved economic conditions in the region.

    UGANDA REACTS

    Uganda is Kenya’s biggest export market. Rwanda is also reliant on Port Mombasa for major imports and exports. The auctions have simillary hurt businesses in Rwanda altho no official comment has been made.

    The government of Uganda wants the auctioning of overstayed cargo at the port in Mombasa reviewed, saying it was hurting its businesses.

    Uganda High Commissioner to Kenya Emmanuel Hatega claimed that some traders had lost fortunes after their goods were auctioned without their knowledge.

    “Auctions should be both legally and ethically sound,” he said during a stakeholders meeting in Mombasa.

    Hatega said some of the auctions were not carried out in “a proper manner”, leading to losses on the part of some businesses.

  • Koffi Olomide in Jail

    Congolese musician, Koffi Olomide spent wednesday night behind bars after Gombe Court remanded him for malicious damage to property and assaulting Diego Lubaki, the producer of his latest album-Abracadabra.

    Koffi appeared on the same day in the Court of flagrancy of Gombe peace for assault charges. The judge decided to keep him in custody.

    The hearing resumes on Thursday 16 August with the pleadings and the indictment.

    He was arrested Wednesday at Ndiaye music studio. Koffi is accused of assaulting and battering Diego Music Lubaki and malicious destruction of hotel facilities where the incident occurred.

    Koffi and his producer had misunderstandings resulting from a debt of Euros 3000 he owed his producer. However, Diego told Gombe court that Koffi owed him Euros 6,000.

    During the fight,the door to hotel room and some of Lubaki Diego property were damaged.

    Three witnesses, all employees of the Hotel Venus, made their depositions against Koffi. But their testimony has been inconsistent.

    The first two said they saw the head of the orchestra Latin Quarter administer a kick at Diego Lubaki, saying he was arguing a suitcase belonging to the producer.

    The third witness, the manager of the hotel, said she had seen Koffi walking up to the room in which Diego Lubaki stayed without being reported to the reception.

    The first two witnesses had said they had seen Koffi taking the elevator to reach Diego’s room. The incident occurred around 10 am.

    However, faced with this contradiction, the defense testified there was no evidence and called for his client’s innocence .

    The courtroom was packed. Several artists, journalists and supporters of Koffi stormed the Prosecutor General of the Republic when they learned of the arrest of the head of the Latin Quarter.

    Two of Koffi’s fans were arrested for disrupting the audience loudly manifesting their support for Koffi.

    A dramatic, late in the evening, lawyers Diego Lubaki council presented him with a sly act of withdrawal of a civil party. The latter still hesitated to endorse it at the end of the trial.

  • Africa Robbed US$ 15Billion Annually

    African countries have been challenged to find ways to avert illegal movement of money out of the continent.

    Experts have said an estimated US$15 billion is illicitly moved each year out of Africa to the developed nations,.

    The revelations were made during a high-Level Panel on Illicit Financial flows from Africa chaired by former South African President Thabo Mbeki,concluded its third meeting in Nairobi on Wednesday.

    “This problem (illicit flow of funds) is very serious. We are engaging with governments across the continent to come up with ways to stop it,” Mbeki told a Press in Nairobi.

    Mbeki says multinational corporations are the top culprits as they have financial muscles to take part in the prohibited business.

    “Multinational corporations are the only ones that can move $15 billion, not those with $5,” he said.

    Mbeki praised African governments for showing the will to curb the menace blamed for slow pace in development.

    Africa’s finance ministers formed the panel and tasked the retired president with finding the sources of the money and ways the money was channelled to the recipient countries.

    Mbeki blamed “corrupt practices in the public and private sectors” saying they promoted the illicit movement.

    The team’s next meeting will be in Tunis as it traverses the continent in search of ways to stop the money that would otherwise have been used for development in the continent still in need of funds to finance development programmes.

  • Smugglers Intercepted with 21Kgs of Tromaline Mineral

    About 21kg of Tromaline mineral was intercepted Tuesday from smugglers. The arresred include Selemani Basomingera and Esperance Mukashema, residents of Gatumba sector, Ngororero District.

    The pair is held at Gatumba Police station.

    Another woman Claudine Uwamahoro was arrested in Mururu sector, Rusizi District with 75 litres of Palm Oil. The oil was handed over to Rwanda Revenue Authority.

    Of recent, an anti-smuggling campaign was conducted in the country but this campaign can’t only be achieved without the involvement of neighbouring countries which act as sources of such smuggled goods.

    Police reports indicate that most of the smuggled goods originate from neighboring countries like Congo and Burundi.

    The seizure of these items is the result of Police check points and patrols in different areas in collaboration with citizens, other security organs and community policing efforts through sharing of information

  • Man Utd Agree £24m Deal For Van Persie

    Manchester United footbal Club have agreed a £24m deal to sign Arsenal striker Robin van Persie on a four-year contract.

    The 29-year-old will meet with United in the next 48 hours to discuss personal terms and have a medical.

    Arsenal captain Van Persie announced in July he would not extend his current deal, which expires in June 2013.

    “Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement for the transfer of Robin Van Persie,” the club said in a statement.

    “The deal is subject to a medical and the agreement of personal terms. A further announcement will be made in due course.”

    United will pay £22.5m, with a further £1.5m one-off bonus to follow if they win a Premier League or Champions League title in the next four years.