Kenya's Finance Minister Ukur Yatani has announced a three-year freeze in hiring civil servants as a way of reducing the country's wage bill, The Star newspaper reports. Mr Yatani, who took office in June after his predecessor was charged with corruption, said there will also be funding cuts for other
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Kenya’s horticulture farmers have for long lived in fear of their products being rejected by the European market. They exercise caution in every step of production and for a good reason as Kenyan produce has in many instances been blocked from accessing the European market. In some cases, the European
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has asked Ugandans in the Diaspora not only to support the recently re-launched national airline but also to be its goodwill ambassadors. Uganda Airlines started its commercial flights this week with the first destination to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya after more than a
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In September 2018, Jennifer Musisi, the then Executive Director, KCCA at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) unexpectedly announced resignation from the fatty job. It was shocking because President Yoweri Museveni had just renewed her four-year contract, having first been first appointed in that position in 2011. Consequently, Eng. Andrew Kitaka
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Japan will extend support worth 2.45billion yen (Shs85 billion) towards traffic control in the Kampala fly-over project and another 260million Yen (Shs9 billion) support through UNIDO for the construction of a training facility for maintenance work of construction machinery in Luwero as well as support towards improved agriculture production for
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It was perhaps one of the few investor briefings without investors. It was Kenya Airways’ investor briefing. Shareholders were less interested. Save for a few banks keen on salvaging their money from the troubled airline, other shareholders generally gave the occasion a wide berth. But it was a big day
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Electoral Commission has warned observers against reporting live events during elections, URN reports. Following the release of the 2021 election road map, several Non-Government Organizations have embarked on preparation for the polls as observers. According Electoral Commission guidelines, the role of election observers is to study the various aspects
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The Uganda Bureau of statistics (UBOS) Consumers Price Index (CPI) report for August 2019 has recorded the annual headline inflation (total inflation) for the year ending August 2019 at 2.1% compared to the 2.6% recorded during the year ended July 2019. The report indicated the decline in Annual Headline inflation
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Japan and the African Development Bank on Friday announced a joint target of $3.5 billion under the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa initiative (EPSA4), during the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7). Both Japan and the Bank have set a target of $1.75 billion each, from
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Journalist graduates joining the labour market from higher institutions of learning have been advised to specialize in particular field if they are to change the communities in which they operate. The Director UMCAT School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Charles Ogwel made the remarks during an interview at the sidelines
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