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Vioja Mahakamani ‘Prosecutor’ Gibson Gathu Is Dead
Entertainment

Vioja Mahakamani ‘Prosecutor’ Gibson Gathu Is Dead

Gibson Gathu Mbugua, a veteran actor who was well-known for his role as a Prosecutor in the Vioja Mahakamani drama has died.  The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) on Tuesday confirmed that the 'prosecutor' is dead.  The veteran actor had been ailing from diabetes for more than 20 years, and in 2021, the family announced that his kidneys had failed.  The family appealed to Kenyans to contribute towards a kidney transplant procedure that Gathu was to undergo.  A major fundraiser was held in June 2022, where former President Uhuru Kenyatta contributed Ksh 2 million towards settling the hospital bill.  In August 2022 , Gathu updated his fans that the Kidney transplant was successful and he had since been discharged.  ...
Former Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency
Africa

Former Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency

Former Somali leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the presidency again in voting by parliamentarians on Sunday in an airport hangar protected by blast walls from Islamist insurgents whom he must now fight for a second time. The 66-year-old, who ruled from 2012 to 2017, reversed the previous election to defeat incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed by 214-110 votes in a third-round runoff whose result was confirmed around midnight. "We have to move ahead, we do not need grudges. No avenging," Mohamud said in his acceptance speech from the airport compound in the capital Mogadishu patrolled by African Union (AU) peacekeepers. During the first round of voting, blasts from mortar shells rang out near the site but did not disrupt proceedings. There was no claim of responsibili...