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Kenya IEBC Wants Political Parties Act Amended
THE Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is now considering an amendment to the Political Parties Act to change the way of calculating funding for the parties. The Act provides that political parties funding should be computed on the basis of election votes. The new proposed formula is based on the number of elected representatives that each party has. Political parties have been ...
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Kenya I Cant Lock Out Herders - Tseikuru Official
The deputy county commissioner of Tseikuru district in Kitui has said he no legal authority to stop livestock traders from pastoralist communities from trading in his area. Speaking to the Star in his office, Stephen Momanyi said there was pressure from the Mwingi North MP John Munuve to block herds from North Eastern province and neighbouring Tana River county. Momanyi said he does not have a ...
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Angola Angolan Health Minister Meets With Cuban Official
Geneva - The Angolan minister of Health, Jose Van-Dunem discussed (Thursday) in Geneva (Switzerland), with the first Cuban deputy minister of Industry, Jose Angel Miranda, cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, on the sidelines of the 66th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva (Switzerland), the Angolan official highlighted the invaluable collaboration of Cuban technicians ...
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Kenya Cabinet Technocrats in for Huge Surprise
Despite the signs of enthusiasm I see all around in support of our new cabinet of technocrats, I remain skeptical that this experiment in governance will work. To illustrate my reservations, I shall use the examples of the two eminent bankers who have been appointed to the cabinet: Mr Adan Mohamed who was previously the regional CEO at Barclays Bank and now has the industrialization docket; and ...
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Kenya Half of Embu Executive Committee Sworn-in
Only four members of Embu county executive committee were sworn in yesterday after the other nominees were rejected by the county assembly. Embu governor Martin Wambora had not replaced the rejected nominees. The members sworn in are David Njiru (Infrastructure), Patrisio Njeru (Agriculture and Natural Resources), Emily Thaara (Women and Youth Empowerment) and John Njagih (Finance). The ...
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Kenya Bondo MP Wants Residents to Invest in Real Estate
BONDO MP Gideon Ochanda has urged his constituents to take advantage of real estate opportunities brought by the increasing number of institutions of higher learning in the region. He said with the increasing number of colleges in the region, accommodation issues have now become the greatest challenge hence the need to put up as many housing facilities as possible. The legislator lamented that ...
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Meeting Examines Kenya’s Peaceful Elections
2007 contest--reflects structural reforms in Kenya's political system, a new electoral alliance between former political foes and internationally supported work to prevent the return of mass violence, according to a panel of specialists who gathered at ...
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Kenya Kenya Honours Chinua Achebe in Symposium
"The policy of frustrating great African minds involved in Africa's noblest project of deconstructing and invalidating paraded Eurocentric notions about Africa did not end with Anta Diop and Kwame Nkrumah. In its most savage application with the attendant ethno-racial contemptit was practised on Chinua Achebe" - Tribute to Chinua Achebe: The Patriarch of African Literature, ...
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Angola President Offers Goods to Traditional Authorities
Caxito - The Angolan Head of State Jose Eduardo dos Santos Thursday offered assorted goods to the traditional authorities in the northern Bengo province. The president delivered, among others, motorbikes, household appliances, clothes and sports equipment. In recognition of the move, the chieftains said the goods will help improve their activity. In Bengo, the Angolan head of State, Jose ...
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Angola Roads to Bengo Under Rehabilitation
Caxito - At least one billion USD will be invested in the rehabilitation works of the roads that give access to northern Bengo province, announced the president of the Republic, Jose Eduardo dos Santos. The head of State said so when speaking during the meeting of the Economic Commission of the Cabinet Council with members of the provincial Government of Bengo. According to Jose Eduardo dos ...
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Angola Official Reaffirms Presidents Commitment to Local Power
Luena - The Angolan Head of State Jose Eduardo dos Santos has recommended the creation of conditions for the implementation of the Local Power, so that the people can be aware of government's interest in this issue, said Thursday Luanda deputy governor, Adriano Mendes de Carvalho. Speaking to Angop, the vice governor said the Local Power in Angola will enable the decentralisation of ...
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Kenya Presidential Jet Reserved for Uhuru
THE presidential jet is reserved exclusively for the head of state and even his deputy cannot use it. Leader of Majority Aden Duale yesterday defended the use of a private jet by Deputy President William Ruto to fly to four African countries last weekend. Duale, backed by several Jubilee MPs, attacked the Sunday Nation for publishing a story that Ruto's trip cost the country Sh100 million. ...
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Angola Parliament Approves Legislative Instruments
Luanda - The National Assembly (Angolan Parliament) Thursday in Luanda approved nine legislative instruments with stress to those concerning alterations to the Civil Aviation laws and to the Public Business Sector. This was during the Parliament's 7th Plenary Ordinary Session chaired by the speaker, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, the two drafts were passed with 181 and 148 votes in ...
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Kenya APs Want Fair Promotions
DISQUIET is growing within the National Police Service in Western province over skewed promotions. Administration police officers who are degree holders have accused the Kenya Police Service Commission of frustrating the reforms in the force by sidelining deserving officers in promotions.They claimed thet force was promoting old officers without papers. "We are wondering if there is any ...
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Chinese culture to be presented around Africa
Chinese culture will be presented in more than 30 African countries this year as part of the "China Cultural Focus" event, according to a Thursday statement from the Ministry of ...
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Zimbabwe June Election Unlawful in Terms of New Constitution
The new Constitution that was formally gazetted by Robert Mugabe on Wednesday makes his desired June election date technically unlawful, with months worth of preparations constitutionally required. Mugabe and his ZANU PF party have been pushing for elections to be held as soon as the current Parliamentary term comes to an end on June 29th. This is the official date that marks the end of the ...
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Angola Bengo Province Needs Strong Private Sector - President
Caxito - The President of the Republic, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, on Thursday here said Bengo province needs a strong private sector that seizes the infrastructures created by the Executive to promote job and development. The official said so while speaking during a meeting of the members of the Economic Commission of the Cabinet Council and the local provincial Government. President also said ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Pleads for Funding
The dysfunctional Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has approached parliament in a bid to get funding for its operations, a few months before the end of its tenure. The commission was set up in 2009 under the current inclusive government, to investigate human rights abuses following the bloody 2008 elections. But four years later and a few months from the expiry of its life on June 29th, ...
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Angola Governor Calls for Special Development Plan
Caxito - The Governor of northern Bengo province, João Bernardo de Miranda, Thursday in Caxito appealed to the Executive to approve a special development plan for the region. The minister was speaking at a meeting Bengo Government officials had with the Cabinet Council's Economic Commission in Caxito, under the chair of president Jose Eduardo dos Santos. Recently, a multi-sectoral ...
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Namibia Namibia Records First Oil Discovery
AFTER spending millions of dollars on exploratory drilling, Brazilian oil and gas exploration company, High Resolution Technology (HRT) and local businessperson, Knowledge Katti have struck oil in neighbouring Namibia. A liquid oil presence has been found off the Namibian coast. The AFP and Namibian local media report that the Namibian government and the Brazilian firm on Tuesday announced the ...
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Angola Angola Unesco Mark 350 Years of Queen Njinga Mbandi
Paris - Angolan minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva and sub-Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for Africa, Lalla Ben Barka, agreed this week in Paris to jointly hold the activities marking the 350th anniversary of the queen Njinga Mbandi and 100 years of Aime Cesaire. The parties agreed to hold, at different stages, the work on ...
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Zimbabwe HIV Test Case Heard By Zimbabwes New Constitutional Court
A rights activist, who is living with HIV, filed a test case in the newly constituted Constitutional Court on Thursday to highlight the challenges and ill treatment facing people living with the virus in the country's prisons. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said Douglas Muzanenhamo's landmark legal application becomes the first case under the new constitutional dispensation, ...
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Angola Huila Govt to Import Animal Vaccines
Gambos - The Government of Southern Huila province will import from October animal vaccines meant to avoid delay in the start of the first phase of the bovine campaign, Angop has learnt. This was disclosed by the provincial Governor, João Marcelino Tyipinge, in Gambos municipality. The official also said that the campaign has a two month delay, due to lack of vaccinations, as the ...
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Kenya Uhuru Fills Remaining Cabinet Slots
The President today nominated Mr Joseph J. Ole Lenku to head the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and Mr Samwel Kazungu Kambi was nominated to the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services. President Uhuru last month named 16 nominees to 18 of the ministries he had earlier announced. He said that the two remaining slots would be filled in due time pending ...
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Kenya World Bank to Help Build Mega Dam in Gatundu
Gatundu North constituency is to benefit from a multi-billion shillings mega dam to be built by the Athi Water Services Board and the World Bank. Norken Engineering and Management Consultants has completed a feasibility study. The World Bank is expected to fund an environmental impact assessment to be carried out soon. Norken MD engineer Thunguru Kuria said the 40metre high Buchana Dam will ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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