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Kenya Fake Doctor Found in Nakuru Hospital
A man who has been pretending to be a doctor at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital in Nakuru was yesterday arrested. The hospital's medical superintendent, John Murema, said the "fake doctor", Francis Kadaya has been attending to patients during night shifts for the past week. He said Kadaya had a doctor's coat and a fake name tag that he used to enter the hospital. ...
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East Africa EAC Eyes Capital Markets for Development Funds
Kampala - East African Community (EAC) partner states have been discussing the possibilities of raising more money from international capital markets and reduce donor dependency. The plan is to use this money for financing infrastructure projects to improve the EAC competitiveness as an investor destination. Most recently Rwanda managed to sell a $400 million Eurobond which was quickly snapped ...
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Gambia President Jammeh Receives Cameroonian Envoy
President Yahya Jammeh yesterday received at State House a special envoy of President Paul Biya of Cameroon. Dr Joseph Dion Ngute, Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, told waiting reporters shortly after a closed-door meeting with the Gambian leader that he was in Banjul as a special envoy of President Biya to President Jammeh. He told reporters that his ...
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Rwanda Rwanda Gets U.S. $58 Million for Vision 2020 Plan
Kigali - Rwanda's ambitious strategy to achieve middle income status by 2020, as spelt out in its Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS 2) received a $50 million backing from the World Bank. The Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved the grant recently. It is meant to support the government's efforts to improve decentralized service delivery through the ...
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Kenya Citi Profits Dip 36 Per Cent to Sh800 Million
CITIBANK NA Kenya has reported a 35.9 per cent drop to Sh801 million for the first three months of this year, down from Sh1.2 billion posted in a similar period last year. The period saw the bank's interest income on loans and advances dropping by close to 50 per cent to Sh536 million from Sh1 billion the previous year. This is after its loans and advances to customers, primarily ...
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Congo-Kinshasa Howard G. Buffett Foundation Renews Support for the United Nations World Food Programme Work in Eastern DRC
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation has announced three new grants to the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) worth nearly US$350,000. The funds will support a "green initiative" to reduce fuel costs associated with WFP operations and facilitate airport rehabilitation projects allowing greater humanitarian access. Howard G. Buffett, President and CEO of the Foundation and a WFP Ambassador ...
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Uganda Uganda Hot On Turkish Airlines List
Kampala - Turkish Airlines, the two time winner of Europe's Best Airline Award and the people behind the popular ad of Lionel Messi dueling with Kobe Bryant, say they are ready to work with Uganda's Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders to promote the country's attractions. Speaking to the East African Business Week in an exclusive interview last week, Erbil Akgun, the ...
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Rwanda China Grants Kigali Tax Free Access
Kigali - China has dropped all import duties on most Rwandan-made products entering its domestic market of just over one billion people. Not long ago, China became the second largest economy in the world with a GDP of about $7 trillion which is half of that of the US. "We would like to take this opportunity to appreciate the commitment made by the government of China to extend duty free ...
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Kenya Investors Pledge Sh56 Billion for Machakos County
Machakos county has received a commitment of Sh56.3 billion from investors. This follows the signing of an MoU between governor Alfred Mutua and investors after a two day conference at Maanzoni lodge in Machakos at the weekend. "As an incentive to our investors, Machakos county will provide land free of charge to investors who are ready to start work," Mutua said. The governor was ...
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Kenya High Court Halts Removal of Justice Angawa
The High Court has stopped the Judicial Service Commission from suspending Justice Mary Ang'awa pending a hearing on her petition to reverse her removal from the Judiciary. High Court Judge Mumbi Ngugi said Ang'awa will not be removed from office and she will continue to receive her salary until the case is determined. Ang'awa's file has been forwarded to Chief Justice ...
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Burundi EU to Fund Burundi - Rwanda Power Line
Kampala - The European Union has agreed to give the East African Community €16 million Euros ($20 million) to build a power interconnector between Burundi and Rwanda. An interconnector is a cable or overhead line connecting two separate control areas, (or this case countries), each with its separate system operator. The Rwanda-Burundi 220kV Interconnector is part of a larger ongoing ...
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Kenya Mobile Umbrella GSMA Opens Nairobi Office
Nairobi, Kenya - The Global System for Mobile (GSM) Association, the umbrella organization for the world's mobile operators, opened its African headquarters in Nairobi last week. This is aimed at supporting the sub Saharan Africa's expanding telecoms market. GSMA Director General Anne Bouverot said the market vibrancy on the continent and Kenya's strategic location at the centre ...
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Vodacom extends M-PESA to Mozambique
According to AllAfrica.com Vodacom Mozambique has introduced the mobile money transfer service M-PESA, as popularised by its Vodafone-owned sister company Safaricom in Kenya. Speaking at the launch ceremony in Maputo last week, Ernesto Gove, the governor of the Bank of Mozambique, said that 'the existence of a strong and stable financial system that is comprehensive and inclusive is an ...
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Lifestyle An energy efficient stove for Kenya
The three stone fire is a commonly used in food preparation in Kenya, and many people can relate with the simple and accessible mode of cooking. For ...
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Mortar lands in Congo as UN chief arrives
GOMA, Congo -; A spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that a mortar landed in a neighborhood of Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, which last year was briefly overrun by a rebel group. The explosion comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo's distant capital for a two-day visit that is expected to take him to ...
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Zimbabwes new constitution signed into law
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has signed the nation's new constitution into law. The new constitution replaces a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for elections later this year. The constitution was approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March. The new document clips the powers of the president and imposes a two-term limit. ...
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Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe signs new constitution into law Wednesday
International News: Robert Mugabe's redemption narrative will be less convincing if civil society groups are right and his Zanu-PF party resorts to intimidating voters this ...
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Artillery lands in east Congo city humanitarian camp
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Artillery rounds landed in a heavily populated neighborhood of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Wednesday, killing a child and injuring other civilians a day before a planned visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a human rights group ...
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Namibia Winter Could Exacerbate Power Crisis
Windhoek - This winter, Namibians should expect major uncertainties when it comes to electricity provision as Namibia's largest supplier of power, Eskom, is experiencing a power deficit and electricity outages, according to NamPower. "It will indeed be challenging for NamPower to keep the lights on. I would therefore appeal to all our customers, small and large, to meet us halfway by ...
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Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Joins the Ranks for Cosafa Cup 2013
Equatorial Guinea has been named as the replacement for Tanzania in the COSAFA Cup Zambia 2013 field after the latter were forced to withdraw. The Taifa Stars became ineligible for the tournament as it clashed with a revised date for their African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier against Uganda in July. The East African nation was set to make their second visit to the Southern African ...
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Africa Danzer Dropped By FSC Over Unacceptable Activities In Congo - Victims Still Await Justice
Global Witness welcomes today's decision by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to dissociate itself from the Danzer Group, in light of accusations of human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Global Witness has previously expressed serious concerns about the actions of Danzer's Congolese subsidiary SIFORCO. On April 25th, Global Witness and the European Center ...
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Congo-Kinshasa Rebels Army Clash in Eastern Congo
Congolese military forces have clashed with the M23 militia near the city of Goma, for the first time in nearly six months. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to visit DRC in the coming days. Fighting between hard-line M23 rebels and government troops broke out early Monday morning in North Kivu province, just north of Goma, a regional capital in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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Kenya Ruto Private Jet Hire Cost U.S. $221000
Deputy President William Ruto yesterday came out to defend the hiring of a luxury jet for his tour of African countries stating that it was competitively procured and cheapest on offer. Ruto's office released a statement saying it sought competitive quotations from three competent chartered aircraft service providers and picked the one that was charging the least to airlift the deputy ...
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Angola Wako Kungo Hosts Forum On Productive Business Sector
Sumbe - A forum on productive and business sector will take place from May 30- June 01, in Waku Kungo city, coastal Kwanza-Sul province, Angop learnt. The meeting will discuss issues like the characterisation and opportunities, strategy for development of agriculture, cattle breeding and industrial cultures. The current situation of Kwanza-Sul, perspectives for its development and business and ...
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Zimbabwe Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting
Harare - For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital Harare. The Movement for Democratic Change - Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) supporters were forced to flee their rural home in Hurungwe district after Zimbabwe African National Union ...
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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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