MPs now push for Sh11. 6m send-off package

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MPs now push for Sh11. 6m send-off package

MPs will get a Sh11.6 million send-off package at the end of each five-year term if proposals by Parliament’s pensions management committee are approved.

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Tunisian Tax System Favours Most Inequitable Forms of Taxation (Oxfam Report)

Tunis/Tunisia — The Tunisian tax system favours the unfairest forms of taxation, penalises the country's middle and lower classes, in addition to depriving the state of significant income, this is the finding made by the report published Wednesday by the anti-poverty organization

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[Vanguard] Lawyers in the country have elected Mr. Olumide Akpata as next President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.

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EDITORIAL: Move to impose VAT on cooking gas wrong

EDITORIAL: Move to impose VAT on cooking gas wrong

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The Rock Partners With RedBird Capital To Purchase Vince McMahon’s XFL For $15 Million

Monday (Aug.3), Sports Business Ben Fischer confirmed that XFL President Jeffrey Pollack revealed to him that Johnson is partnering RedBird Capital to purchase the league for $15 million, a report that Sportico is also reporting. The pair will split ownership with Johnson's ex-wife Dany Garcia.

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The Democrats Using COVID-19 to Enact Stealth 'Green New Deal'.

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Shilling stabilises on easing dollar demand

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MPs step up bid to tax online firms

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Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch TikTok deal - TechCentral

US President Donald Trump agreed to allow Microsoft to negotiate the acquisition of popular short-video app TikTok if it could secure a deal in 45 days, three people familiar with the matter said.

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Kenya: More Loans for Kenya as World Bank Approves Sh4.6 Billion to Fight Locusts

Nairobi — The World Bank is set to lend Kenya more money, and this time, it is for fighting desert locusts that have invaded several counties and threatened food security to about three million

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Tax on business transfers likely to stifle economy

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John Matisonn | Washington plays a war game: What if Trump refuses to leave office? | News24

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Ousmane Kaba Declares His Run as Guinean Presidential Candidate | Africanews

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Liberia: 'Silence Sends Wrong Signal' - Catholic Diocese On Lack of Response From Govt, Church in Attack On Opposition in Grand Gedeh

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Venezuela’s major opposition parties pledge to boycott December election - Stabroek News

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Ninvalle organises virtual seminar for referee/judges - Stabroek News

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House Approves Bill To Create Smithsonian Museum For American Latinos : NPR

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Booze ban: SAMRC professor hits back at alcohol industry critics of lockdown law | News24

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Nigeria: Bill to Make Nigeria Industrial Nation Underway

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County officers face Sh200,000 fine for harassing hawkers

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US official congratulates Ali - Stabroek News

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