PRETORIA, South Africa, July 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Minister of Public Works, TW Nxesi together with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) will hold a media briefing on 19 July 2018 at GCIS (Pretoria). The content of the briefing will address: The signed Proclamation by President Ramaphosa that
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City socialite Charles Olim aka SIPAPA has been rearrested for public nuisance and inconsiderate use of motor vehicle. Olim was arrested from Kiseeka market following distress calls from business operators. His arrests have always come after public outcry about his impunity on the roads. “Police now warns celebrities, civil servants
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By Peter Abaanabasazi Kikuube The Marine Police unit has banned the sailing of people without lifesaving gadgets on the waters of Lake Albert. This was revealed by Michael Walwanga, the Deputy Commandant Marine Police Unit while receiving life-saving and rescue equipment donated by International Organization for Migration (IOM) to the
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Africa’s Richest Man Dangote Gets Shs2.4Trn Loan For Oil Refinery
Dangote Group, the West African conglomerate founded by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has signed a $650 million (Shs2.4 trillion) loan facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to enable him complete the $10 billion (Shs37.4 trillion) oil refinery and petrochemical complex he is building in Lekki, Nigeria. According to a
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Kenya’s flagship railway project registered losses of $100m (UShs374.5bn) in its first year of operation, according to the transport ministry, the BBC reports. The China-funded standard gauge railway - which links the coastal city of Mombasa to the capital, Nairobi, - was funded by a $3bn (UShs11.2 trillion) loan from
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The State Minister of Health - General Duties, Sarah Opendi has revealed that there are no records showing forced circumcision of male babies is taking place in Busolwe hospital in ButaleJa district as claimed. In a statement dated July 18, 2018 to Parliament, Opendi says in October 2017, only two
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Kenya Gets First Locally Licensed Online Foreign Exchange Trading Platform
By Reuters EGM Securities has launched Kenya’s first locally regulated foreign exchange electronic trading platform, opening up domestic forex trading to a broader range of investors, EGM’s chief executive said on Wednesday. Kenyan investors who wished to trade currencies on the Internet have previously had access to international brokers,
Read MoreSeychelles Ambassador Marie-Pierre Lloyd is one of the six new members elected to the Committee VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the COMESA Authority has endorsed a new group COMESA Committee of Elders at its meeting that took place on 15th July
Read MoreThe summit is expected to be attended by over 1 000 delegates from across the country, to exchange ideas, knowledge and expertise PRETORIA, South Africa, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Deputy President David Mabuza will tomorrow, 19 July 2018, officially open the National Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Rural and
Read MoreIt explores Mandela’s extraordinary life through five themes – Leader, Comrade, Negotiator, Prisoner, Statesman PRETORIA, South Africa, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- This year marks the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth as well as twenty five years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and South Africa. To commemorate both occasions,
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