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Tanzania Bilal Trumps Public-Private Partnership for Development
THE Vice-President, Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal, has described publicprivate partnership as a key weapon for improved and reliable transportation systems in the country, saying he was optimistic that the sector would grow rapidly in the near future. Dr Bilal said this in Dar es Salaam while opening a three day-Regional Africa and Middle East Freight Forwarders Conference (RAME 2013) held under the ...
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Kenya Rent Dont Buy Office for Former Presidents
YESTERDAY MPs shot down government plans to purchase an office for former President Mwai Kibaki at a cost of Sh700 million. An ex-president enjoys many benefits including a golden handshake of one year's salary for each term; a monthly pension of 80 percent of the current President's salary; an entertainment allowance of Sh200,000 per month; a housing allowance of Sh300,000 per month; ...
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Kenya New Sh250 Million Stadium for Kapsabet Town
Kapsabet will have a modern sports stadium to be constructed at a 25-acre plot at a cost of Sh250 million through the support of the International Olympics Committee. Nandi governor Cleophas Lagat said the facility is expected to replace the dilapidated Kipchoge Keino stadium and give training facilities to the huge number of athletes using the old facility. Lagat said the stadium will be ...
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Kenya Probox Taxis Kicked Out of Kirinyaga Route
TWO groups of public service vehicle operators clashed in Kirinyaga county yesterday.Probox operators were forced out of major bus parks after members of Kukena Matatu Sacco accused them plying their routes illegally. Kukena drivers and touts forced passengers out of the Proboxes. At least four cars were damaged during the incident.The saloon car operators said the sacco members behaved like ...
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Rwanda EDPRS II - Tapping the Youths Potential
In Rwanda, the youth (people between the ages of 14 and 35) currently make up close to 40% of Rwanda's population. This means that 4 in every 10 Rwandans are youth, and therefore over 4 million Rwandans have the potential to fundamentally change the country's economy should they be appropriately skilled, energized and willing to embrace the development challenge. This is why EDPRS II ...
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Rwanda Rwanda Celebrates Refugees Resilience
Today Rwanda joins the rest of the world to mark the annual World Refugee Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. At the national level, the day, which is observed annually on June 20, will be held in Kigeme camp, Nyamagabe District but smaller events will be organised in other camps across the country. Kigeme, which hosted Burundian ...
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Angola Education Minister Urges Efforts Made in Academic Training
Luanda - The Minister of Education, Pinda Simão, urged this Wednesday in Luanda the children of Sambizanga Friends Club to commit themselves in their studies so that they contribute to the growth of Angola. Pinda Simão received this morning a delegation of children friends club that visited the Ministry of Education, as part of the children's day. He said that the country is ...
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Kenya Kwani Trust British Council Host Writing Workshop
Kwani Trust and British Council will collaborate with Granta to host a week of literary events in Nairobi between June 19-23. The joint week of literary programming will include a launch of the latest Granta issue, Best of Young British Novelists 4, a three-day writing workshop, readings by visiting writers Nadifa Mohamed and Adam Foulds at Daystar University and a symposium based on related ...
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Kenya Export Zones Offer Huge Incentives for Investors
The Export Processing Zones Authority has licensed one project and is assessing several others lined up from proposals by developers seeking to build in EPZs. The EPZA invited potential investors to a real estate developers' day in late 2012 where it briefed them on existing opportunities and the benefits of building in EPZs countrywide. "The authority has received many enquiries and ...
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Rwanda Ingabire Lawyer Accused of Manipulating Witness
Prosecution and a co-accused in the case involving Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire told the court on Tuesday that they have proof her lawyer manipulated witnesses to give false testimonies mitigating her case. Ingabire is before Supreme Court in an ongoing appeal case against her eight-year imprisonment handed to her by High Court last year. A leader of FDU-Inkingi, an unregistered political party, ...
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Rwanda British Activist Calls for Global Efforts Against Genocide Denial
Genocide denial and revisionism is a universal problem that requires wider international collaboration, Dr James Smith, the chief executive of Aegis Trust, a British NGO fighting Genocide, has said. Smith, who was speaking during a one-day consultative session on combating Genocide denial and revisionism at Parliament, yesterday, said denial cannot be addressed by one country, but a concerted ...
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Angola Economic Forum to Discuss AngolaRussia Commission Agenda
Luanda - The Joint Commission Angola/Russia will discuss the next agenda during a meeting between the Angolan Foreign Affairs minister, Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti and chairperson of the referred commission, Yuri Trutnev. The fact was announced Wednesday to Angop by the Angolan top diplomat, Georges Chikoti, before leaving for Saint Petersburg city, Russia, to attend on 20- 22 June the 17th ...
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Rwanda Central Bank Reduces Repo Rate
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has reduced the key repo rate from 7.5 per cent to 7 per cent. Central bank governor John Rwangombwa said the rate was reviewed downwards to encourage commercial banks to lend to the private sector. The governor added that they ensured that there were low inflationary pressures and adequate liquidity in banks as well as stable foreign exchange before lowering ...
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Kenya Top Real Estate Investors Developers Meet in Nairobi
A two-day seminar that brings together international real estate investors, developers and lenders with interests across Africa starts in Nairobi today. Africa GRI 2013 is being held for the first time and will be hosted at the Eka Hotel. The organiser - Global Real Estate Institute - runs its activities through a series of annual meetings focused on various regions globally. GRI describes ...
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Rwanda Rethinking Our Spending Habits
A good number of people, including outsiders, have in the past made a few comments on our spending habits, and I wish to add my voice to theirs. We as Rwandans have a propensity to spend big even when we are drawing on very meagre resources. It is obviously pleasurable to spend big when one is earning big, but the problem arises when one has to outstretch him or herself to the limit just to ...
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South Africa prays for seriously ill Mandela
SOUTH Africans prayed for Nelson Mandela as he spent a second day in a hospital yesterday suffering a lung infection that has sparked worldwide concerns for the ailing peace icon. Mandela's latest health scare was splashed across the front pages of local newspapers but government officials have released no updates since announcing he was hospitalized in Pretoria early Saturday in a ...
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Kenya Kisumu Residents Slam the Proposal for 22 Prados
KISUMU residents have rejected the County's budget proposal to purchase 22 Prados at Sh132 million and 14 Land Rovers at Sh98 million. Speaking to The Star yesterday in Kisumu, they cited a number of issues in the statement for the fiscal year 2013-2014 that need to be questioned by the public and the County Assembly. The Director of Community Initiative Action Group Kenya Chris Owala and ...
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Kenya Kamau Adan Tour Western
Cabinet Secretaries Michael Kamau (Infrastructure) and Adan Muhammed (Industrialisation) yesterday made an extensive tour of Eldoret and parts of Western Kenya to asses infrastructure development and other projects aimed at improving trade in the region. They particularly focused on the ongoing construction of the Northern Corridor which leads from the Mombasa Port to Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret ...
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Rwanda Muhanga Coach Eyes Peace Cup Title
AS Muhanga head coach, Ali Bizimungu is confident about his team's chances to win this year's Peace Cup against Malaria when they meet the City of Kigali-sponsored AS Kigali in the final slated for July 4 at Amahoro National Stadium. The Southern Province-based AS Muhanga managed to brush aside favourites Mukura Victory Sports and second division side Bugesera FC in quarter and ...
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Kenya Fusion Invites Investors in Sh1.2 Billion Project in Nairobi
Fusion Investment Management has committed debt and equity in a $15 million (Sh1.26 billion) office block in Nairobi's Upper Hill, it said in a note. It said a portion of the project dubbed Project Panorama - which follows the successful syndication of another dubbed Project Snowdrop that was fully funded in 10 days in April - will be available to professional co-investors, local and ...
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Kenya Gunmen Kill Two Women Police Reservist in Wajir
Gunmen in Wajir County killed a Kenyan police reservist Tuesday night (June 18th) who was investigating a shooting incident that left two civilians dead and two injured on Monday. The police reservist was among a group of security officers investigating an incident in which gunmen from neighbouring Mandera County raided Burmayo village, killing two women and injuring two other people, Wajir ...
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Rwanda Rwanda Set for one University After MPs Certify Bill Seeking Merger
MPs have endorsed a bill that seeks to have some 10 universities in the country merged to form one institution of higher learning. The Senate is now expected to give its approval on the institution set to be called the University of Rwanda in the next few days. Presenting a pertinent report prior to the debate, MP Agnès Mukazibera, Chairperson of the standing Committee on Education, ...
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Rwanda Rayon Sports to Battle Chads Electric FC
GUEST SIDE Rayon Sports go into the unknown when they face Electric Sport from Chad in the opening match of Group B of the 2013 Cecafa Kagame Club Championship at Al Fasher stadium, North Darfur, Sudan today. French coach Didier Gomez da Rosa said yesterday that winning the opening match will be crucial as the Blues bid to reach the quarter-finals. Rayon Sports, who won the 2012/13 Primus ...
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Tanzania Farmers Enabled to Access Agriculture Information Easily
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives in a joint venture with Zantel Tanzania and Sibesonke Limited has launched mobile phone services to reach the 33 million Tanzanian farmers with relevant advanced farming information. The services dubbed ZKilimo is an SMS-based application that utilises mobile phone capability and ubiquity to provide farmers in the country access to ...
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Rwanda Why Our Culture Should Be Jealously Preserved
Rwanda has a rich culture, envisaged in the diversity of crafts, dance, and strong traditions. Cultural heritage sites throughout the country offer unique opportunities and are rich in traditional context. This is categorically visible in various museums, memorial and historical sites across the country. One thing we need to bear in mind as Rwandans is to know and understand clearly what ...
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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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