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Kenya Aviation Worker Union Wants KQ Loss Probed
THE Aviation and Allied Workers' Union wants a parliamentary report that recommended investigations into two companies allied to Kenya Airways be acted upon, claiming there is more than meets the eye over the airline's Sh10.8 billion pretax loss. AAWU chairperson Perpetua Mponjiwa yesterday claimed that the losses were "artificial" saying they could have been occasioned by ...
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Kenya Fertiliser Firm Considering Setting Up Port Terminal
Mea Fertilisers Ltd is considering the construction of a terminal at Kilindini Port to improve supply and storage, the company's logistic officerJoel Mugo has said. "Having a local fertiliser terminal similar to the grain and oil terminals will cost Sh400 million to set up, a cost that Mea and other fertiliser industry players are willing to foot and this investment will save the ...
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Kenya Work On JKIA Railway Line to Start This Year
Construction of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the city centre railway line is set to start before the end of this year, the Kenya Railways managing director Nduva Muli said yesterday. He said the corporation is finalising on the tender process for contactors. The line will be in two phases one from Embakasi Railway Station to the Syokimau Railway station and the other from ...
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Kenya MPs Cut Budgets to Pay Teachers
Parliament yesterday moved to stall a crisis in schools and universities after MPs allocated 4 billion shillings in additional funds to the Education Ministry to cater for staff salaries and allowances. The Budget and Appropriations Committee reallocated 2 billion shillings each from the Tourism and Industrialization ministries. The money also includes part of 700 million shillings set aside in ...
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Rwanda British Devt Secretary Visits
British Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening arrives in the country today to assess the impact of the UK's development assistance to the country. A statement from the State secretariat said Greening is expected to tour various projects funded by Britain through the Department for International Development (DfID). She will visit Kigali and Gikomero and also ...
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Kenya Five girls married off in school compound
girls to their respective husbands was held in their school in the full glare of local administrators. World Vision Orwa Integrated Programme Area official Josiah Rotino disclosed that parents of the Standard ...
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Putting Ugandas child labourers back in school
Over half of Uganda's children are not just forced to work, says a recent report, but they must do so in hazardous jobs. Ugandan NGO Kids in Need hopes to put an end to this. Along with local community members, they're helping give the country's future generation opportunities to get off the street or out of the quarry and return to ...
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England S. Africa face off in Champions Trophy semis
England's Joe Root (2nd R) celebrates during the Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on June 16, 2013. England were lucky the weather favoured them on Sunday as the hosts squeezed out a 10-run win over New Zealand in a game reduced to 24-overs-a-side due to ...
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Kenya Widows of Slain Terror Suspects Arraigned in Court
Mombasa - The widows of two terror suspects who were shot dead by police in Mombasa on Monday have been charged with possession of firearms. Salim Mohammed's widow, Rehema was charged for being in possession of an AK-47 and 147 rounds of ammunitions before a Magistrate's Court in Shanzu on Tuesday but denied the accusations and was released on a Sh500,000 bond. Fatma Masoup, widow of ...
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Kenya MPs Committee Rejects Sh700 Million Kibaki Office Plan
Nairobi - The National Assembly's committee on Budget and Appropriations on Tuesday rejected proposals by the government to spend Sh700 million to purchase an office building for immediate former President Mwai Kibaki. The Committee has instead re-allocated part of the funds for the teachers' salary to end the looming strike occasioned by demands dating back to 1997. The Committee on ...
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Uganda Another Couple Slaughtered in Rakai
The alarming spate of senseless murders continues to rock the country with the latest victims being a married couple in Rakai that was slaughtered on Sunday night, the day a New Vision journalist, Thomas Pere, was killed in Kampala. Charles Yiga 34, a coffee dealer who owned a hardware store in Kyotera was slaughtered together with his wife, Maureen Namaato, 30, and their heads taken when thugs ...
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Rwanda Best of East African It Implementations to Be Showcased At CIO 100 in Kigali
Oracle, Coseke, Cyberoam and Compulynx have come in sponsors in the CIO 100 Symposium and Awards. The four firms confirmed their commitment at a press briefing held Tuesday morning at a Nairobi hotel. At the event, CIO 100 announced that over 320 applications had been received, from which the best 100 will be shortlisted. The top implementations will be awarded at a gala dinner during the event, ...
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East Africa Double Taxation Pinches East African Businesses With Regional Reach
Nairobi - Paul Ouma imports and sells second-hand Japanese cars and spare parts in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The 37-year-old Kenyan started his business ten years ago and expanded to the two other East African Community (EAC) member-states within the first five years of operation. But now he may close his branches in Tanzania and Uganda because of "unfriendly" taxation rules. ...
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Uganda Ugandans Have to Dig Deeper
Kampala - East African governments have all tightened the noose around their citizens to raise the percentage of domestic tax collection as a percentage of total annual returns. Uganda is no exception. This sends a clear signal for a tough and challenging financial year 2013/14. This was vindicated in the reading of respective budgets for the financial year 2013/14 amidst dwindling foreign aid ...
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Tanzania TANESCO in Rush to Cater for New Users
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) will spend Tsh4.24 billion (about $2.5 million) for electric poles. The move is expected to boost the company's capacity to connect more customers. The state owned power utility said last week over 55% of their customers who applied for electricity, have been connected to the national grid. This development comes after the company ...
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Tanzania Govt Hooks 1994 Children Out of Child Labour
TANZANIA has managed to remove 1,994 children from child labour in various sectors in Zanzibar and mainland. This was said yesterday by the Minister for Labour and Employment (MP), Hon. Gaudentia Kabaka during the 102nd session of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conference which is being held in Geneva, Switzerland from June 5 to 20th. She said that the process was successful ...
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Uganda GOtv to Spread Further
MultiChoice, under one of its brand segments, GOtv, is spreading its digital television services to the rest of Uganda as the country embarks on digital migration. "We have been operating within Kampala and Entebbe for the past two years but we are soon moving to several other parts of the country," said Patricia Kiconco, GOtv Uganda Segment Manager, during a luncheon to update the ...
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Tanzania Tanzania Draft Constitution Stirs Land Rights Debate
Dar es Salaam - Tanzanians are debating whether the new federal government should give up ownership and control of all of the country's land as framed under the draft constitution. Unveiled by the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) on June 3rd, the first draft blueprint of Tanzania's new government structure has left some wondering if the new constitution would guarantee citizens ...
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Tanzania Donors Lose Interest in Isles Economy
DEVELOPMENT partners are now reluctant to support Zanzibar because they have lost their trust, some Members of the House of Representatives have said when discussing the 2013/14 annual budget estimates. "Donors are turning away because of rampant corruption in government and the unjustifiable share Zanzibar has been receiving from the 'General Budget Support (GBS) controlled by the ...
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Rwanda Rwanda Burundi Defence Chiefs Meet
Burundi Defence Forces Chief of General Staff, Maj Gen Prime Niyongabo is in the country on a three-day official visit. The Chief of General Staff is leading a delegation that arrived in the country on Monday. The visit is aimed at strengthening the cordial relations between the two nations. The CGS who inspected a Guard of Honour at Rwanda Defence Forces headquarters yesterday was received by ...
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Rwanda Man Sentenced to Life for Killing Three Muhanga Residents
A 31-year-old man who killed three people in Muhanga District late last month has been sentenced to life in jail. Jean Uwihoreye, who was better known in his home village as Bisazi, was found guilty of aggravated murder by a judge at the High Court in Nyanza District. The verdict was pronounced yesterday afternoon. The convict was not in court when the sentence was announced. While delivering ...
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Tanzania Zanzibar Legislator Commissions Buses for Students Transport
HASSAN Mussa, a Standard Seven student was seriously injured in his left eye by a commuter bus (Daladala) conductor when trying to stop the student from boarding the bus. The conductor (or utingo) slapped the student in the face injuring the eye. The incident sparked anger from people and activists, prompting them to call on the police to prosecute and punish the 'utingo.' They also ...
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Tanzania Review TMAA Role Govt Urged
Dodoma - A FORMER commissioner of minerals wants the Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency (TMAA) be reviewed as its mandate and responsibilities overlap with that of other agencies. Mr Dalaly Peter Kafumu, a Member of Parliament of Igunga Constituency in Tabora Region said in Parliament on Monday that TMAA roles and responsibilities overlapped those of other institutions, such as the Tanzania Revenue ...
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Rwanda Govt Moves to Upgrade Meteorology Facilities
About $450,000 (Rfw292 million) has been earmarked by the Ministry of Natural Resources and its sister agencies, with the support of development partners to upgrade meteorological and hydrological stations to boost climate data management and service delivery. The project aims at providing investment and technical support to improve the hydrological observation and data management systems in ...
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Fawad Ahmed to tour Africa at same time as Ashes
Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed is being sent to Africa on an Australia A tour at the same time as the Ashes series.But Ahmed remains in contention for the Ashes should his Australian citizenship be approved in time, the chairman of selectors John Inverarity says.Ahmed and fellow spinner Ashton Agar were on Wednesday named in a 15-man Australia A squad for an African tour next ...
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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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