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East Africa Lamy Says EAC Way Ahead in African Trade Integration
THE outgoing World Trade Organisation director general Pascal Lamy has rated the East African Community trading block as the most important in the African continent ahead of similar blocks in West and South Africa. He said EAC is three times more integrated than the West and South Africa. "This region is a clear case that I think deserves a lot of attention...I have no doubt that this ...
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Africa Conservationist Roots for Wildlife
A wildlife conservationist have said local communities should be empowered to fight poaching. Speaking yesterday in Nakuru during a walk aimed at sensitising the public on the need of fighting poaching, Jim Nyamu a conservationist said the local community has a role to play in safe guarding wildlife. "Poaching cannot be overcome without the support of the community. The balancing of the ...
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Kenya PSC - Hiring of Principal Secretaries Unsoiled
Nairobi - The Public Service Commission (PSC) has defended itself from accusations that it did not follow proper procedure in recruiting individuals to be appointed as Principal Secretaries. The commission's Chief Executive Officer Alice Atieno, in an affidavit lodged in court argues that there was no reason to stop the process of appointing the PSs as demanded in court by Consumers ...
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Uganda Johnnie Walkers Black Tie Dinner - a Showcase of Exclusivity
When Kampala's elite choose to drink, they do it in style. Last Friday evening at the Pearl of Africa Restaurant with in the Kampala Serena Hotel saw some Kampala elite do just that. It was a black tie dinner for an exclusive group, invited to witness the launch of a new whisky in the Johnnie Walker family - Platinum Label. They were also meant to taste five other brands of whisky in the ...
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Africa On a human rights mission
Alioune Tine, the secretary general of the African Assembly for the Defence of Human, says now is not the time to say things have improved sufficiently in Senegal. ...
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August Wilson Center for African American Culture needs to play ball
The Downtown facility recently laid off half its staff and is behind on payments on a $7 million loan. Foundations that have been the center's lifeblood are skittish about providing more money because the center hasn't completed a required audit or submitted a recent business ...
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Kenya Kenyatta Moi Seized 17 Percent of White Farms - TJRC
PRESIDENT Jomo Kenyatta and his successor President Daniel arap Moi grabbed 17 percent of white owned land after independence, according to the TJRC report released on Tuesday. "One sixth of the settler lands were found to have been sold intact to the emerging African elite comprising Kenyatta, his wife, children and close associates. These elites did not even need much money to buy ...
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Kenya Ping-Pong Over Rutos Controversial Jet Continues
Nairobi - The back-and-forth between the Office of Deputy President William Ruto and the Daily Nation over the jet hired for his four-nation Africa tour continued on Thursday, with further denials. The Permanent Secretary in his office Mohamed Isahakia released a statement rebutting fresh reports by the newspaper that they dealt with a firm known as VistaJet Luftfahrtunternehmen GmbH in hiring ...
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Kenya Meet Moses Muihia - the Man Who Beat President Uhuru in 1997
Moses Muihia has in various forms been described as the unknown political dwarf who miraculously defeated Uhuru Kenyatta when the latter first attempted his hand at national politics by contesting the Gatundu parliamentary seat in 1997. But many do not know that by the time he faced President Kenyatta in 1997, Muihia, who is a practising quantity surveyor, was an accomplished politician who ...
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Kenya Narok Girl Asks Rutos Wife for Help
A girl in Narok county with a heart condition has appealed to Deputy President William Ruto's wife Rachel to give her financial help. Sharon Chepkemoi, 17, a class seven pupil of Mogoiyuet Primary School said for her to survive, she has to undergo a surgery in December at the Mater Hospital. Speaking to the press at the school yesterday, Chepkemoi said she needs Sh500,000 for the operation ...
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Kenya Dont Buy Kenyas Ivory MPs Tell China
The National Assembly has urged the Chinese government to demonstrate its true friendship by not buying ivory from the country. This came after MPs passed a motion compelling the government to tighten measures to curb wildlife poaching.They include increasing the number of rangers in game parks and introducing more punitive measures to deter the illegal trade. The MPs asked the Chinese and Thai ...
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Kenya Women Reps Should Earn More Than MPs-Nangalo
Trans Nzoia women representative Janet Nangabo has said women representatives should be paid higher salaries than other members of Parliament. Speaking in Kitale on Monday, Nangabo said women representatives cover larger geographical areas while MPs concentrate on constituencies. "Women representatives incur a lot of expenses because they move around counties. Some counties have five to ...
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Kenya Kagame Got Me UN Job Says Kituyi
Former Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said nobody from western or central province lobbied for him to be the Secretary General of the UN trade and development body. Kituyi was speaking during a funeral fund raising of Steve Wamalwa, Eugene Wamalwa's brother, at Railways Club in Nairobi. He said he was nominated by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon to lead Unctad. ...
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Digital did not kill the radio star in Africa
Radio threatens many of Africa's big men. Thugs working for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe have recently been confiscating and destroying receivers. Eritrea's President Isaias Afewerki stopped issuing import licenses. Other iron-fisted rulers such as Swaziland's King Mswati III and Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir rarely hand out frequencies, thus reducing the range ...
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Suddenly Africa is looking up
Boredom is an under-appreciated and misunderstood tool in scientific innovation. Albert Einstein was pushing paper in a patent office when he developed his general theory of relativity, which altered the foundations of physics. In 2008 Mike Gaylard, then the associate director for radio astronomy at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO), was bored. A bearing on the 26m ...
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Outside View Somalias Jubaland
Hillary Clinton . Much ado was made about the recognition of the newly legitimized government but inconsistent coverage of subsequent events has left much of the world in the dark about how the new Somali government is performing. As news coverage of U.S. defense and security issues in the intervening four months has centered on sequestration, personnel appointments, the Afghan drawdown and ...
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South African President Jacob Zuma denies role in Gupta wedding scandal
Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma today denied any role in a scandal over a controversial lavish Indian wedding in South Africa and condemned the practice of using his name and that of Cabinet ministers to secure privileges and violate state procedures.President's statement follows the release of the report into the landing of a chartered plane carrying guests destined for ...
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Zimbabwe Saints of Dictatorship Versus Prisoners of Defunct Legitimacy
The events of 2008 in Zimbabwe led to bloodshed and the present-day Government of National Unity. ZANU PF has exposed its cast-iron willpower to thwart the implementation of any meaningful reforms and the prognosis for the 2013 elections appears ...
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Uganda Rwandas New Anti-Poverty Agenda
The Rwanda Cabinet on May 8 approved the country's second Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS2), which seeks to boost economic growth and significantly lift many Rwandans out of poverty over the next five years. The program, which starts this year and ends in 2018, encompasses ambitious targets such as accelerating economic growth at an average rate of 11.5% annually ...
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Kenya Kenyan Economy Grew By 4.6 Percent in 2012
Nairobi - Kenya's economy grew by 4.6 percent in 2012 compared to 4.4 percent in 2011, according to this year's economic survey report released on Thursday. Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Anne Waiguru who presided over the launch says the marginal improvement was driven by notable growth in agriculture, wholesale and retail trade, transport and communication. The ...
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Kenya Kenya to Host Open Governance Partnership Forum
Nairobi - The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology and the Kenya ICT Board, will host the regional Open Governance Partnership (OGP) Conference from May 29 to 30 in Mombasa. Permanent Secretary at the Ministry Bitange Ndemo said the conference is aimed at providing a platform to develop a framework to guide African countries' participation in the global OGP. It will also ...
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Kenya Opposition Demands Action Over TJRC Report
Nairobi - The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has demanded that the government fully implements recommendations in the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) report released on Tuesday. Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo said the implementation of the report would help unite Kenyans and give a clear direction out of past injustices and human rights violations committed by ...
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Kenya Nairobi County Officials Warn Over Fake Building Approvals
Nairobi - Residents of Nairobi County are being urged to follow laid down procedures in obtaining approvals for building plans and occupational certificates. This follows the arrest of an impostor who was caught red handed as he conned a member of the public of Sh60,000 before issuing him with fake documents. The County Clerk in charge of Administration Daniel Masetu told reporters that such ...
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Kenya Equity Makes Visa Cash Transfers Easier
Nairobi - Equity Bank customers will now be able to transfer funds through their Visa cards without the recipients of the money being charged unlike in other money transfer services. Equity Bank launched the new money transfer service dubbed Visa Personal Payments in partnership with Visa Kenya. Equity bank Chief Operating Officer Julius Kipng'etich said it will help consumers send funds ...
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Uganda Saturday Is Laba Street Art Festival
On Saturday, Mackinnon Road in Nakasero will turn into one big festival showcasing our arts and culture at LaBa! Street Art festival. The festival, organised by Goethe-Zentrum Kampala and the Uganda-German Cultural Society, started in 2006. Sponsored by the German, Swedish and Norwegian embassies, and WBS TV, among others, LaBa! festival will have Ugandan artists display their works in tents. ...
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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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