Day: September 19, 2022

Leaders and monarchs from around the world gathered in London on Monday to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth at a state funeral of inimitable pageantry, marking the passing of a beloved figure who helped unify the nation through her 70-year reign. Hundreds of thousands of people queued to file past the casket of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch at London’s historic Westminster Hall during her lying-in-state, and thousands more lined the streets to witness a sombre display of royal pomp. They, like many across the globe including U.S. President Joe Biden, came to pay tribute to the 96-year-old who earned respect for her sense of duty and represented a constant as Britain’s role in the world diminished and changed. “You were fortunate to have had her for 70 years,” Biden said. “We all were.”...

The chief coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation Programme (OWC), Gen. Salim Saleh, has scoffed at individuals he accused of spreading false information that he had passed on. Saleh’s death rumors got a boost when controversial Turkish-based Ugandan blogger Fred Lumbuye indicated, in one of his live video sessions, that the General ‘had passed on!’ While speaking at the giveaway of his daughter Esteeri Mugulwa to her boyfriend Ivan Bidna, Gen. Salim Saleh said that he supports Lumbuye’s right to freedom of speech even when he is abusing his right to freedom of speech. “If I want Lumbuye, I can bring him tomorrow, but I have got no time for such people,” said Saleh. In August last year, Lumbuye was arrested in Turkey. The government claimed that they were cooperating with the Turkish auth...