At least 13 Kenyan MPs are receiving cancer treatment in India, news site The Star reports, quoting a lawmaker who has been receiving treatment in the country. MP Francis Munyua Waititu, who is being treated for brain cancer, said he had met several of his colleagues who were secretly receiving cancer treatment
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Ambassador Susanna Moorehead handed funds raised at a High Fashion and High Tea networking event to Arakele Fashion Design College ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- British Ambassador to Ethiopia Susanna Moorehead visited Arakele Design College on 15 March to see how one innovative British-Ethiopian partnership is
Read MoreTwo companies in Uganda are being investigated over the supply of suspected fake Hepatitis B vaccines to private health facilities. Uganda's health ministry is quoted by the state-owned New Vision newspaper as saying there is a chance that the vaccines are genuine, but have had their labels changed. According to the National
Read MoreUganda's President Yoweri Museveni has unexpectedly cancelled his planned visit to Rwanda where leaders are due to sign an Africa-wide free trade deal - known as the African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty. This comes a day after Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari also opted out of the Kigali conference, saying
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by Mehmood Khan, Chief Operating Officer at SAP Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 19th 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Millennials will soon outnumber all other generations in the workplace. This generation already represents a quarter of the workforce in the US – and more than half the workforce in India –
Read MoreThis is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva GENEVA, Switzerland, March 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- This is a summary of what was said by
Read MoreTroubled retail chain Nakumatt owes the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) KSh1.8 billion (about UShs65 billion) in unpaid taxes, according to an audit of the retailer’s accounts. Peter Kahi, the supermarket’s court-appointed administrator, told the company’s creditors that the KRA debt is part of the KSh35.8 billion that Nakumatt owes creditors,
Read MoreKenyan businessman David Langat has made a bold move to expand his tea venture with an acquisition of one of the leading tea producers and trading company in Tanzania, The Standard reports. Mr Langat who owns Koisagat Tea Estate in Nandi County has bought three companies from British firm Rift
Read MoreMakerere University has backtracked on earlier decision to abolish evening courses. On Friday, Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe told journalists that the University Council had resolved that all new students starting with the coming Academic Year 2018/19 will be admitted to study on either the day programme
Read MoreBy Aloysious Kasoma A number of Ugandans are increasingly using phones for online transactions, a new Jumia report has revealed. According to the 2018 Report on Uganda’s Mobile Sector by Africa’s e-commerce company, 77% of customers who visited Jumia website last year used their mobile phones against 23% the number
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