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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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Rwanda State reduces petrol prices
Rwanda has reduced fuel prices after a drop in prices on the global market over the past three months. Fuel prices and other components collectively have an impact on the rate of inflation in the central African economy, where urban inflation rose to 4.37 percent in the year to April from 3.25 percent in March. The price for both super petrol and diesel in Kigali was set at a top limit of 1 000 ...
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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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Nigeria Mass Infanticide in America
A report from the office of the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that, in 2009 alone, 784,708 successful abortions were carried out in that country. "That's a breathtaking number, no matter which side of the abortion debate you sit on," the report admits. "What this statistic doesn't convey is a more mysterious number: how many ...
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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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Somalia Jubaland Official Wounded in Kismayo
Kismayo - A Jubaland government official was wounded in the tense port city of Kismayo on Tuesday and is being treated by AMISOM medical officials, Garowe Online reports. Yasin Nur (Radar) Kismayo Deputy Mayor was wounded reportedly by an armed solider in Kismayo while he was on a main juncture in the coveted port city. Mr. Radar had worked closely with Jubaland state President Sheikh Ahmed ...
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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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WorleyParsons shares rise on Nigeria deal
SHARES in mining engineer WorleyParsons are up three per cent after a South Korean shipbuilding giant awarded it a $US100 million ($A105.97 million) offshore oil and gas contract in ...
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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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Somalia Somaliland Bars Federal Govt Authorized Aircraft From Landing
Hargeisa - Somaliland government rejected an aircraft attempting to land at Egal International Airport in Hargeisa on Tuesday, after Somaliland officials said the plane requested to use airspace from the Somali Federal Government (SFG), Garowe Online reports. Somaliland's Ministry of Aviation released a press release on Tuesday detailing the incident that forced a SS34 aircraft to double ...
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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 Rewards Innovative Farmers
A host of innovative farmers across the country walked home with an assortment of rewards at the end of the eighth agro exhibition in Mulindi yesterday. The best innovative farmer drove home a tractor, and others received farm equipment worth over Rwf8m. François Kanimba, the minister for trade and industry, commended the winners and encouraged others to emulate their techniques to ...
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Rwanda New PSF Boss to Promote Joint Investment Ventures
PROMOTING INVESTMENT, co-operation and job-creation are the main areas the newly-elected Private Sector Federation (PSF) chairman, Benjamin Gasamagera will focus on. Gasamagera said he will lobby government for better policies to encourage private investment into the country. He was speaking after he was elected on Monday in a poll where he garnered 98 votes out of 102 votes at Lemigo Hotel in ...
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Rwanda President Kagame Says No Challenge Is Too Big to Overcome
President Paul Kagame yesterday said with the will of the people, no challenge is insurmountable. He was speaking to a section of leaders from Israeli private and public sectors, on the second day of his three-day visit to the country with whom he shared Rwanda's journey of recovery. "Rwanda's story is about more than just a socio-economic process. It is about rebuilding a ...
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Eskom battles to turn the tide against forces of darknessConcerns that South Africa is a hairs breadth from experiencing rolling power cuts.
The country's electricity reserve margin slid to a perilously low 63 megawatts (MW) or 0.2% early this week, heightening concerns that South Africa is a hair's breadth from experiencing rolling power cuts. Despite the heightened risk, Eskom has several options to manage the very tight power system, said its spokesperson, Hilary Joffe, which it would use before resorting to load ...
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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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Security and Soccer in the City of Gold
In 1991, on the 11th of February, South Africa celebrated an immense moment of change as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison, then on the 25th of June 1995, the Springboks defeated the All Blacks and South Africa became the winners of the rugby world cup. These two events were indicative of the country’s potential, especially when set against the pessimism of the public and the global community at large.
South Africa has become a country used to exceeding expectations. When the ANC came to power in 1994 many South Africans expected violent reprisals, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda did nothing to allay these fears and South Africans flocked in numbers to the greener pastures of Australia, but the massacre never came, the reprisals never occurred, the white-owned property was never confiscated by the government. Read more
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