Watchdogs call for INSPORTS probe

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Watchdogs call for INSPORTS probe

With the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) failing since 1992 to file audited financial statements annually as mandated by law, there are calls for the relevant authorities to launch investigations into the state agency to see whether billions of...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Compensation payouts for the death and destruction that occurred during the internal security operation to arrest drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke have already cost taxpayers a little over $300 million, a figure that will increase when over two dozen lawsuits filed on behalf of detainees are

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South Africa: Up in Smoke - Roughly R35m in Tobacco Tax Revenues Lost Daily During South Africa's Lockdown

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Namibia's Strategy to Borrow Over N$21b

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CWI funding model for territories `broken’

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Rwanda to Finance 39% of Budget With External Loans

[East African] Rwanda will turn to international lenders to fund its budget deficit for the 2020/2021 financial year due to reduced domestic revenues from a slowdown in economic activities caused by Covid-19 impact.

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Kenya: Skyrocketing Costs Sink KQ Into Sh12.9 Billion Loss

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