KSAMC to face grilling over road contracts

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KSAMC to face grilling over road contracts

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Robert Hill, is expected to explain to members of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) why almost 90 per cent of the 630 contracts the corporation...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Sudan: U.S. Court Orders Govt to Pay for 1998 Embassy Attacks

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Sudan must pay hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages to some victims of the 1998 attacks on US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam in

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Kenya: COVID-19 Battle Now Turns to Small-Scale Vendors

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