Dodoma to Garissa: Rashid’s untold story

On May 29 every year, the United Nations marks the UN Peacekeepers Day, where it holds events to honour the fallen peacekeepers.

Mr Mejah Mbuya hops off his bike outside a building that seems to be unoccupied. “There used to be a plaque around here somewhere,” he murmurs, searching in vain.

>That day they forced me to withdraw the remaining forces from Mutukula to Bigada. By the time we reached Bigada, everybody was trembling. This really weakened us. In early January 1979, my unit was relieved and went back to Masindi.

In his heyday, Sheikh Yahya Hussein was a household name. He frequently mingled with presidents and kings, including the giants of East African politics, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

>As the nation commemorates the 15th anniversary of the death of founding president Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, fresh details  have emerged on how the globally acknowledged statesman built an eight-year-long case as a curtain raiser to  the war against General Idi Amin Dada – one of Africa’s most brutal dictators.

>The revelation that Rashid Charles Mberesero, who was arrested last week over his alleged involvement in a terror attack in which 148 people were killed, most of them students at Kenya’s Garissa University College, absconded from school since January, raises concern on whether parents are as close enough to their children—especially those in boarding schools.

Pichani juu na chini ni Mgeni rasmi Waziri wa Afya,Dkt.Seif Rashid akizungumza wakati wa kuzindua kongamano la tisa la NHIF na Waandishi wa Habari,lililofanyika leo katika moja ya ukumbi wa Dodoma hotel mkoani humo,ambapo kauli mbiu ya kongamano hilo ni ''Tanzania na Huduma bora za matibabu inawezekana''.Kaimu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa NHIF,Bwa.Hamisi Mdee  akizungumza katika kongamano la tisa la NHIF na Waandishi wa Habari,lililofanyika leo katika moja ya ukumbi wa Dodoma hotel mkoani humo,ambapo...

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Father's search for one of those killed in militant attack