Kenya: EACC Distances Itself From Arror, Kimwarer Dams Scandal Probe

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Kenya: EACC Distances Itself From Arror, Kimwarer Dams Scandal Probe

[Nation] The anti-corruption agency has distanced itself from the investigations and subsequent prosecution of suspects in the multibillion-shilling Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal.

Source: allAfrica.com

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WASHI NGTON, United States (AFP) — Anti-viral drug remdesivir cuts recovery times in COVID-19 patients, according to the full results of a trial published Friday night, three weeks after America's top infectious diseases expert said the study showed the medication has

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Covid-19 battle now turns to small-scale vendors

Vegetable and fruit vendors will be tested for Covid-19 as the Health ministry strives to arrest spiralling infections, which crossed the 1,000-mark

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Despite dispute, Ethiopia to fill dam from July

Ethiopia says it will start filling the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in July, after Sudan rejected a request for a partial agreement without

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Audit pokes hole in Tullow's Sh15bn pay out claim

"This represents less than eight per cent of the gross expenditure – reasonable by industry standards," Tullow Oil Kenya Managing Director Martin Mbogo said in

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Morrison, Davis Whyte against salary cuts for politicians, civil servants

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Treasure Beach hotels to make push for J’can tourists

With the vast majority of the south coast haven’s business generated from overseas arrivals, small hotels and guest houses in that section of St Elizabeth are now reeling from the fallout in

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Budget deadlock - Examination of Estimates halted as legal opinion sought on rule breach claim

Solicitor General Marlene Aldred is expected to provide legal guidance to a parliamentary oversight committee that halted its examination of the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure yesterday, claiming that it could not proceed until the Government complied with stipulations under the

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Truck drivers decry long border wait

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Work on Portland leg of highway continuing despite budget cut

THE Portland leg of the Southern Coast Highway Improvement Project is continuing at a fast pace despite a $6.6-billion cut in the amount the Government allocated to spend on the massive road programme this fiscal

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Relief and fear - Authorities promise tight ship, but COVID-19 concern high in communities as joyous relatives welcome cruise workers

After weeks of uncertainty on the high seas and sitting in docks around the world as the global tourism industry collapsed from the devastating coronavirus pandemic, 1,044 Jamaican cruise workers breathed a sigh of relief last week as the Adventure of the Seas docked at historic Falmouth in

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CBK seen capping premium on reopened 5-year bond

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Kenya: Elite Cart Away Over U.S.$3 Billion of World Bank Aid

Kenya's elite siphoned Sh328 billion of World Bank aid payments to offshore accounts in two decades, a new study

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Covid-19 gulps EABL profits down by all of $28.7m

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KU declares pay cut for lecturers

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Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's Rwf186bn Economic Recovery Fund

The fund will support businesses through loan restructuring for the tourism sector specifically hotels, providing working capital for businesses most affected by COVID-19 to keep them operational and avoid lay-offs as well as loan guarantee for SMEs and

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Speid: Teachers are scared to death of re-entering classroom

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Virus hits China's overseas markets

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Kenya: Floods Blamed on Uganda's Policy on Releasing Lake Water

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KBC staff sue over pension funds

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Nigeria: Lagos Slashes 2020 Budget By 21% to N920.5 Billion

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