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Eight months after defeating the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate Dr Walton Small to take the St James South seat, Homer Davis is lamenting that he and his office are still being denied access to a training centre in the community of...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Kenya: Rift Valley Elders Call for Talks Between Uhuru, DP Ruto

Elders and political leaders from the Rift Valley are mounting pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to sit down and talk over the thorny issues in Jubilee Party, saying this will ease the rising

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: MPs Want Clear Plan to Increase Agricultural Loans

MP Théogène Munyangeyo, Chairperson of the Committee, said that agriculture received only 1.5 per cent of the total loans provided by commercial banks in Rwanda in the 2018/2019 financial

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Zimbabwe: Abducted MP Mamombe, Activists Roughed Up By Makorokoza Lovers - Mutodi

Sacked Information Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has made startling claims hospitalised MDC MP Joanna Mamombe and two female party activists were roughed up by their lovers who are illegal miners following an argument over payment of their "services" in foreign

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: MPs Propose Law on Paternity Leave in Rwanda

Some lawmakers have proposed that a new father should be granted a paternity leave of at least four to eight

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Source: allAfrica.com

Msimanga vs Lorimer - DA Gauteng releases names of candidates for provincial leader | News24

Former Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga is in the running to replace former Gauteng leader and party member John Moodey.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Uganda: Court Stays Hearing of Main MPs' Shs10 Billion COVID-19 Case

The High Court in Kampala, has stayed a main case in which two Members of Parliament (MPs) challenged the disbursement of Shs10 billion Covid-19 money to the law makers, until a similar case in Constitutional Court is

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Western Politicians Fight for Ford Kenya Leadership

A faction led by Kanduyi MP Wafula Wamunyinyi, who was on Sunday announced by the party's special National Executive Council as the party leader, replacing Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang'ula presented their papers to the Registrar of Political Parties Anne

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Rwanda: Make Public Servants' Salaries Priority, MPs Tells Government

They made the call on Friday, May 29 during a budget hearing session by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on National Budget and Patrimony in which the Ministry of Health and its affiliated agencies where defending the budgetary allocation to the health sector during the upcoming financial

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Source: allAfrica.com

Holness not ruling out Wheatley in future Cabinet

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has not ruled out appointing resigned Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley to a future

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Ex-military man Waluke bites bitter maize

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Tunisia: Parliamentary Blocs Intend to Vote On Motion Calling for French State's Apology to Tunisian People After Its Amendment

Tunis/Tunisia — Several blocs in the House of People's Representatives (HPR) have stated their intention to vote on the motion tabled by Al Karama Coalition group calling on the French state to apologise from the Tunisian people for the crimes committed during and after the colonial period, once

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Chamisa Appoints Mahere Spokesperson in MDC Mini Reshuffle

Mahere, who replaces Daniel Molokele, is among 16 other strategic appointments made as part of the opposition chief's attempts to sharpen the MDC Alliance's National Standing Committee which is responsible for the day-to-day running of the

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COVID-19: China to give Africa 30 million test kits monthly - Ramaphosa

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Zanu PF’s paranoia is growing again, and this is a threat to us all

At Zanu PF headquarters on Wednesday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa had an explanation for the economic crisis; it was the

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Ruto allies in Kakamega caution Uhuru

Allies of Deputy President William Ruto in Kakamega County have cautioned President Uhuru Kenyatta "not to be misled" to sideline his Deputy William Ruto and scuttle his presidential bid in

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Kenya: Ex-MP Fined Sh1.3 Million Over Sh100,000 Bribe

Former Kasarani MP John Chege has been fined Sh1.3 million for receiving a Sh100,000 bribe from a contractor in 2013. The former legislator is said to have received the money from the contractor who was building Baba Dogo Secondary School to facilitate his payment of Sh3.3 million.

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Dr. Yumkella speaks about Sierra Leone’s judiciary as parliament approves Appeals Court Judges

Democracy was at work in Sierra Leone’s parliament yesterday, when the main opposition APC party, led by Honourable Chernoh Ramadan Maju Bah voted against two of the eight presidential nominees put forward by president Julius Maada Bio for MPs

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Oliver Clarke dies - Media giant passes away at home at 75

A central figure in corporate Jamaica, Clarke played a pivotal role in the establishment of the powerful Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) in 1976 and was later immortalised among its esteemed leadership over the years when he was inducted into the organisation’s Hall of Fame in

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Wheatley didn’t disclose Deer family link – report

Embattled St Catherine South Central Member of Parliament Dr Andrew Wheatley on Wednesday denied “wrongdoing or dishonesty” in the wake of a damning report from the Integrity Commission that referred the former minister to the director of...

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Senator Jillo: Why I skipped Uhuru meeting

A second Jubilee nominated senator facing expulsion for snubbing the party's parliamentary group meeting at State House in Nairobi early this week has pledged loyalty to President Uhuru Kenyatta saying she skipped the meeting due to "unavoidable

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DP allies: Uhuru men plotting Ruto ouster - VIDEO

The ongoing purge of National Assembly and Senate leaders allied to DP Ruto and rapid changes in House committees, they say, are calculated at paving the way for the Deputy

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State agents, political operatives inseparable in St Mary COVID-19 relief - Mayne says Bull Bay, Corn Piece quarantine lessons learnt; Alexis says first six days of lockdown illegal

Government agencies, non-profit organisations and political operatives were inseparable in communities under COVID-19 lockdown last Thursday as The Sunday Gleaner toured the area, but South East St Mary Member of Parliament Dr Norman Dunn has insisted that his bee-like presence was purely

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Parliament wants to know why defence ministry has not implemented commission's recommendations

Parliament's defence committee says recommendations by the Defence Force Service Commission (DFSC) are falling on deaf ears, while soldiers continue to work with unserviceable equipment and under

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Uganda: House Approves Shs33.3 Billion Supplementary

Parliament — Barely two months after Parliament passed a Shs932b supplementary budget, another Shs33.3b was yesterday provided for the government by three ministries before the end of Financial Year

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Kagame Sacks Two Governors Over Accountability

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has suspended two provincial governors as part of an ongoing purge targeting public servants deemed to be lacking

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Zimbabwe: Police, Army Bring Mnangagwa's Kwekwe Hometown Under Siege

Armed soldiers and police officers in the early hours of Wednesday placed Kwekwe central business district under virtual lockdown as commuters were not allowed to enter the city

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Central Manchester underserved by Bunting – Rhoda Crawford

With a general election pending, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for Central Manchester Rhoda Crawford is seeking to take over the reins in a constituency where she claims the people have been neglected. The 31-year-old educator says she not...

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DA calls for a special inspector-general to monitor govt's Covid-19 relief fund

To prevent corruption and theft in the R500 billion Covid-19 rescue package, the DA has proposed that Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni create a special

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Tanzania's Firebrand Tundu Lissu

Since Magufuli was elected in 2015, Lissu has made it his job to fearlessly challenge the autocratic leader - and more than a dozen bullet wounds were not enough to shut him

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Uganda: MPs Clash Over Race for Speaker

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