The earliest Somali immigrants in the UK were lascars and merchants who arrived in the 19th century. A second small group of seamen came during the Second World War with the Royal Navy, and stayed in search of employment from the British Somaliland (Present day Somaliland). During the 1980s and 1990s, the civil war in Somalia led to a large number of Somali immigrants, comprising the majority of the current Somali population in the UK.
The Somali community represents one of the largest Muslim groups in the UK. While faced with several social challenges, community members include notable sports figures, filmmakers, activists and local politicians. It has also established business networks and media organisations.
Until his death, the late Robert Kochalle had a successful career in public service, with his highest appointment being Tourism and Wildlife assistant minister.
Kochalle’s appointment exposes one of the routes ghost workers use to land on the public service payroll—poor vetting or just lack of it.
Following public uproar, the minister on Friday replaced Kochalle with his widow Charity.
Kenya’s Information and Communication Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru is on the spot after he re-appointed a dead man to occupy a top seat at a film body.
In a gazette notice dated October 16, Mr Mucheru picked the late Robert Kochalle, who died on May 28, 2018, as a board member of the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB).
Until his death, Kochalle had had a successful career in public service, with his highest appointment being Tourism and Wildlife assistant minister.
But on Tuesday, he was re-appointed to help regulate the film industry in Kenya for three years.
According to Mr Mucheru, Kochalle was supposed to take up his post and earn a salary from Monday, October 21.
His appointment exposes one of the routes ghost workers use to land on the public service payroll—poor vetting or just lack of it.
The prize is also meant to recognise all the stakeholders working for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia and in the East and Northeast African regions.
Unknown assailants kill eight near Rwanda’s volcanoes park – police///AIWA! NO!
KIGALI — Unknown assailants killed eight people on Friday night in Rwanda’s northern area near the Volcanoes National Park that is popular with tourists for its mountain gorillas, police said on Saturday.
The attackers, many of them carrying traditional weapons attacked Kinigi sector in Musanze district, a tourist hub where visitors visit the park to view the gorillas, an endangered species.
“Those criminals killed eight people including six who were killed using traditional weapons and two who were shot dead. 18 people were injured and are being attended by doctors,” police spokesman John Bosco Kabera said in a statement.
Security personnel were searching for the attackers, he said.
Police did not say whether any tourists were among those killed. However, the hotels in the area are heavily guarded by the military and are unlikely to have been attacked.
It was not clear who the attackers were or where they came from but Rwanda has in the past seen incursions by fighters from the rebel FDLR force from their bases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The FDLR is composed of former Rwandan soldiers and Hutu militias who fled after taking part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Over the years various groups opposed to Rwanda have found sanctuary in DRC’s vast eastern jungles from where they have occasionally launched attacks on the country. (Editing by Elias Biryabarema and Frances Kerry)
