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Kenya: Revenue Sharing, Health Bill Top MPs' Agenda as House Resumes Sittings
[Nation] The National Assembly resumes its sittings this afternoon after one month recess with a full in-tray of business and bills which it must dispense with urgently.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: COVID-19 - Lawmakers Decry Exclusion of Some Airports in Reopening Schedule
Also, three senators representing Akwa Ibom State have requested for the intervention of the Senate to get the federal government to include the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, among the airports that would begin the first phase of flight resumption in
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Namibia: Geingob Weathers Storm, Defends Corruption Fight Record
President Hage Geingob has lashed back at the stinging criticism levelled against his administration when it comes to fighting corruption in the public
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Kenya: Boost as Yattani Hands Sports Fund Massive Rise in Budgetary Allocation
Nairobi — The Ministry of Sports, Arts and Culture is set to have a bigger purse to work with after National Treasury and Planning Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani proposed an allocation of Sh14bn to the Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund as he tabled the 2020-2021 national budget before
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Narine assails APNU+AFC over sins against sugar industry - Stabroek News
Chiding the former APNU+AFC administration for the closure of sugar estates during its term in office, Member of Parliament (MP) Seepaul Narine yesterday reassured that the new PPP/C-led government will be reopening
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Kenya: All Set for Previously Rejected Candidate to Be Auditor-General
"His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated Ms Nancy Janet Kabui Gathungu for the position of
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Seventeen months after his emergency intestinal surgery, 81-year-old Castro released a public statement declaring that he was not healthy enough to campaign in the upcoming parliamentary elections, although he has not withdrawn from the election. Castros announcement on January 2008, was followed
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Constitutional reform: the budget process - Stabroek News
Not for the first time the various requests for information about the reasoning underlying many  decision in the 2020 budget suggest that if there is one aspect of government business that needs to be reformed it is the manner in which budgets are conceived, constructed, examined, passed and
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Have mercy on Washiali, troubled Echesa tells Uhuru
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has pleaded with President Uhuru Kenyatta to have mercy and pardon Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali, the Majority Chief Whip, amid a looming purge as the Head of State seeks to stamp control over the Jubilee parliamentary
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Kenya: Jubilee Party Purge in High Gear as Three Senators Are Quizzed
The NEC meeting — which will also endorse changes made in the party’s parliamentary leadership as well as House committees — is dependent on the availability of the party leader, President Uhuru
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Nigeria: Oil Marketers Refusing to Cut Prices of Diesel, Others - Minister
Despite the recent commencement of the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said the Federal Government will continue to intervene in determining the retail pump price of
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A Brief History of the African Country of Kenya
Fossils found in East Africa suggest that protohumans roamed the area more than 20 million years ago. Recent finds near Kenyas Lake Turkana indicate that hominids lived in the area 2.6 million years
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ANC and EFF will have to work together if they want to merge national and local elections
Currently, South Africa holds two sets of elections every two years, with one focusing on choosing municipal leaders and the other on electing national and provincial
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What lies in store for Raila, Kalonzo, Moi
With the 2018 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and rival Mr Raila Odinga providing a strong political foundation, talks to create a broader unity pact with various parties and leaders
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Nigeria: Why We Revised 2020 Budget - Buhari (Full Speech)
[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari said the federal government revised the 2020 Appropriation Act to reallocate resources for effective implementation of required health and emergency measures, as well as to mitigate the negative socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Namibia: Govt Urged to Support Smallholder Farmers
Contributing to the national budget debate last week, Isaaks said the goal should be to have deliberate policies to support transition processes, graduating subsistence farmers into smallholder farmers and ultimately into commercial
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I bemoan mass acceptance of attempts to steal the people’s will - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I thank you for allowing me to use this medium, perhaps for the final time, to air this personal dilemma. The article I bemoan mass acceptance of attempts to steal the people’s will appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Kenya: Panic in Cabinet Over Looming Changes as Kenyatta Charts Legacy
The stage is set for the formation of a government of national unity as President Uhuru Kenyatta races against time to implement his legacy projects -- the Big Four
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Gabon senate votes in favour of pro-gay law
Gabon will join a handful of African countries to legally allow
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Search begins to find new AG to replace Kimi Makwetu | News24
The National Assembly on Tuesday appointed an ad hoc committee to find a replacement for Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu, whose terms ends on November 30.
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Raila Odinga
Raila Odinga , in full Raila Amolo Odinga (born January 7, 1945, Maseno, Kenya), Kenyan businessman and politician who served as prime minister of Kenya (2008–13) following the contentious presidential election of December
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Shot, axed, tasked: Lissu to challenge for Tanzania presidency
Opposition MPs boycotted the swearing-in of the new MP stressing that the condition of Lissu was known to the National Assembly but speaker John Ndugai defended the decision at the time, saying the absentee Lissu had breached parliamentary
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Congo democratic republic
Despite instability, political progress continued. In May 2005, a new constitution was adopted by the national assembly, and overwhelmingly ratified in Jan. 2006. On July 30, 2006, the first democratic election in the country since 1970 took place. President Kabila received 44.8% of the vote, which
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Nigeria: Infectious Disease Bill - Bill Gates Denies Offering Bribe to Nigerian Lawmakers
American billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has denied media reports that he offered a $10 million bribe to the Nigerian House of Representatives to pass the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill being considered by the
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Chief Election Officer directed to prepare report using recount results
Chief Election Officer to prepare report in keeping with Section 96 of the Representation of the Act, Chapter 1:03; paving the way for official declaration of Election Results
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Uganda: High Court Rules Police Halting Bobi Wine Concerts Illegal
Robert Kyagulanyi, a member of Uganda’s National Assembly popularly known as Bobi Wine says he is not excited about a court ruling that declared police orders to halt his concerts in the country
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MAEMA: Why Pandemic Bill spells injustice to Kenyan employers
Yet, there are many more issues that have been identified in the wake of Covid-19 which require a holistic legislative approach to cushion both employers and employees against needless, disruptive and expensive litigation which is bound to arise after the pandemic due to the inadequacy of the
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Namibia: MP Questions Political Will to Fight Corruption
Youthful Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Inaaviposa Hengari said the cost of corruption in the public sector is paid for by poor people and unemployed young people who cannot get work because money intended for development is being used to purchase holiday homes and luxury
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