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Rwanda Rwanda On the Right Track in Local Governance
An assessment of Local Democracy and Local Governance has shown that Rwanda is on the right track in as far as the promotion of good governance and service delivery is concerned. The report, presented to President Paul Kagame last weekend, was sanctioned and funded by the Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, a conference of which took place at ...
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Uganda Stromme Foundation Helping Communities Out of Poverty
recently chose this important tool to symbolize their movetowards greater heights in their activities to improve the lives of the poor in Uganda. "We build ladders. Unique, very special ladders. On these ladders people climb to a better life," says the foundation's management in a report. " As a development organisation whose goal is to eradicate poverty, the ladders are the ...
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Kenya Paper Faces Legal Action Over Sh100 Million Ruto Jet Story
Nairobi - Deputy President William Ruto has sent a demand letter to the Nation Media Group (NMG) over a story that ran on the May 19 issue of the Sunday Nation, alleging he spent Sh100 million of taxpayers' money to hire a luxury jet. Ruto said the media group must issue an apology, admit liability for libel within seven days and retract the false story because of the harm it caused him ...
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Kenya LTE Infrastructure to Reduce Costs of Date
Nairobi - MTN Business says a consortium set up for the deployment of Long Term Evolution (LTE) infrastructure in the country will reduce data costs significantly. MTN Business Kenya Managing Director Tom Omariba says that maintenance cost of the network will come down as one Base Transmission Station can cover longer distances. "We started from 2G, then moved to 3G and are now set to ...
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Kenya Mobile Technology Will Save Firms Trillions - Report
Nairobi - Vodafone has launched a report that shows growth in mobile technology will lead to companies in the emerging markets being able to save up to Sh2.5 trillion annually by the year 2020. The report dubbed 'Connected Worker' shows that new mobile solutions will help workers connect to fresh job opportunities, improved working conditions and secure of delivery of wages using ...
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Kenya Civil Servant Heads Grilled
SEVERAL heads of departments in Isiolo were yesterday grilled by the county commissioner Wanyama Musiambo after the Commission on Administrative Justice discovered laxity and unresponsive behaviour among public servants in the area. Musiambo grilled the workers in his office. The commissioner told the civil servants that they should deliver or face disciplinary measures. On Thursday last week, ...
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Kenya MTV All Stars Drop It Like Its Hot in Finale Concert
The finale of the MTV Africa All Stars concert was held at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, People's Park, Durban South Africa. Kenyan stars Camp Mulla were first on stage where they performed three singles including Fresh All Day and Party Don't Stop. It was refreshing to hear them rap in Kiswahili as they were joined on stage by King wa Rap, Collo. They were followed on stage by top ...
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Kenya tells Britain to apologise for abuses
Kenya was responsible for unspeakable and horrific gross violations of human rights", including "massacres, torture and sexual violence".The four-volume report recommended that the Kenyan government enter into negotiations ...
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Kenya Business Permits to Be Centralised - Kidero
Nairobi - Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero says he is finalising plans to have all business permits issued in a centralized location starting next year. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night, Kidero announced that the move is part of his plan to end the anguish traders undergo in getting business permits and also curb corruption. "All business licenses will be issued at a single window ...
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China strengthens Zimbabwe ties with vice-presidential visit
The Chinese official arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday on an official visit to boost business and bilateral relations between Harare and Beijing. He was welcomed at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office Sylvester Nguni. Speaking to journalists soon after arrival, the Chinese ...
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Chinas new leadership highly values friendship with Zimbabwe
Visiting Vice Premier Wang Yang on Wednesday told Zimbabwean Vice President Joyce Mujuru that China's new leadership highly values the traditional friendship with Zimbabwe.Wang said his visit is to follow up to the African trip by Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year and join Zimbabweans in efforts to push Sino-Zimbabwean cooperation in all fields to achieve "greater ...
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Kenyas Beijing 1500 champion makes comeback in New York league
Beijing Olympic 1,500m champion Nancy Jebet Lagat and London 800m winner David Rudisha led a group of Kenyan athletes heading to New York for the Diamond league meet on Saturday.Whereas Rudisha, will be one of the biggest stars in the Adidas Grand Prix, which is third stop in the 2013 IAAF Diamond League, the return to action of Lagat has tilted the equation over the four lap race."I have ...
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Kenya urged to protect biodiversity
Kenya joined the rest of the world in making the International Day for Biodiversity with call to prioritize biodiversity conservation to propel green growth, reduce poverty and transform rural ...
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Africa In The City Black Hair Matters
What does your hair mean to you? On this episode of Africa In The City, we talk about black hair and all of the many different choices black women have in styling their ...
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China-Africa Towards More Sustainable Health Care
Credit: ChimpLearnGood/ flickr By Paul Kadetz In 1941, Mao Zedongcalledfor a "practice of revolutionary humanitarianism". 14 years later in Bandung, Indonesia, China’s Premier Zhou Enlai met with other Asian leaders to chart a distinctly anti-colonial approach to humanitarianism and diplomacy on the African continent. From its first health aid to Algeria in 1964, China has ...
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Will Kenyas new president respect international court
At his inauguration on April 9, Kenya's new president, Uhuru Kenyatta, promised to uphold "international obligations". This was most likely a reference to the International Criminal Court. Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, are to stand trial before the ICC for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the country's election-related violence in 2007 and 2008. ...
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HRT Expects to Start Drilling Second Namibia Well in Two Weeks
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian oil startup HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA expects to start drilling on its second well offshore Namibia in two weeks, Chief Executive Milton Franke said Wednesday. "The Murombe prospect is only 15 kilometers from Wingat," Mr. Franke said during a conference call with analysts. The drilling rig will be moved to Murombe shortly, the executive added. ...
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Kenya Isiolo airport terminus construction starts
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) says the construction, which is the second phase of the modernisation process, will take the airport to international standards. The first phase of the Isiolo International Airport was the construction of 1.4 kilometres runway that was completed last year. During the commissioning of the airport, retired President Kibaki said upgrading Isiolo airstrip to an ...
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Kenya Set up sexual violence recovery centres in every county TJRC recommends
sexual violence were not able to obtain the crucial medical attention (commonly known as PEP -- Post-Exposure Prophylaxis). PEP is required to be administered within 72 hours after the violation to prevent HIV/Aids and sexually transmitted infections as well as unwanted pregnancies. According ...
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Kenya Kiplagat team wants autonomous committee to implement report
report on Tuesday, observers say the harder part of the task has just begun: implementing the findings and recommendations therein to redress widespread human rights violations spanning nearly five ...
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Kenya TJRC reports asks President Uhuru to make apology on torture
In it's finding, the Commission stated that each of the three successive political regimes of the late President Jomo Kenyatta, retired presidents Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki failed to stop the practice. The report recommends that President Uhuru Kenyatta offers a public apology to all victims ...
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U.S. Non-Intervention In Syria Could Mirror Outcome In Congo
This week, we're exploring how lessons learned from U.S. intervention and non-intervention in foreign conflicts can inform policy decisions toward Syria today. Robert Siegel talks with Chester Crocker, formerly assistant secretary of state for African affairs in the Reagan administration, about how the U.S. has dealt with the decades-long conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo that ...
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Kenya Grief as two brothers shot dead amid security pledge
Kakamega County with the latest incident being in Butere where two brothers were shot dead by unknown assailants and no arrests have been made. Last Friday, two boda boda operators were shot by terror gang of about 20 in two separate incidents at Mfutu and Lunyu villages in Lugari constituency and several houses of suspected criminals burnt in retaliation. The script appears similar but tempo ...
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Kenya Smooth ride for motorists ahead as Southern by-pass works begin
The road to be constructed at Sh17 million under Kenya National Highway Authority (Kenha) will be used by heavy trucks from Mombasa transporting goods to Malaba and other regions. The vehicles will be diverted to the by-pass in a move to help ease traffic ...
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Kenya Mutulas case against City Hall finalised
Weldon Korir Wednesday ruled an enforcement notice issued by City Council to Mutula on May 24, 2007 directing him to pull down the boundary wall was ...
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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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