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Tanzania: How JPM Performance Lured Opposition
In the same month (July), the then Chadema MP for Monduli Constituency, Mr Julius Kalanga said he decided to shift after observing that his party opposed his efforts of bringing development to his
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Source: allAfrica.com
MP defends record as MP as constituents clamour for factories, water
Incumbent St Ann South West Member of Parliament (MP) Zavia Mayne has defended his stewardship of the constituency since being elected in February 2016. Mayne, whose performance has drawn criticism from his political rivals, argues that his work...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sierra Leone public sector reform unit engages parliamentarians on salary harmonization
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2020: Senior officials of the Sierra Lone government’s Public Sector Reform Unit (PSRU) today held discussions with members of parliament, about the formation of the long-awaited Wages and Compensation Commission promised by president Bio in 2018. The meeting
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Zimbabwe: MDC-T Wants Supreme Court to Rule On MPs
MDC-T has appealed to the Supreme Court challenging Monday's High Court decision to block it from replacing four legislators it recently recalled until their court application contesting the party's right to recall them has been
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Parliament spares retirees burden of taxation in old age
Parliament adopted a recommendation to spare retirees aged 65 and above and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) from paying taxes, to protect pension
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MPs welcome grading system but caution against inaccuracies
Members of Parliament (MPs) from the two main political parties have embraced an initiative by one civil society group that seeks to empower citizens to hold them accountable, but with an important caveat. The first-of-its-kind ‘MP Tracker’ is an...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Uganda: Over 10, 000 Congolese Stuck At Uganda-DRC Border
Zombo — At least 10,000 people are stuck at the Uganda-DRC border in Zombo District following ethnic
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AMHVoices: Operation Restore Legacy a failure
The economy’s performance under Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has failed to stimulate any
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Tanzania: Fired Ministers Shared Mixed Fortunes
He served as a minister for Home Affairs in President John Magufuli's cabinet for five months, from December
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Uganda: Politicians, Soldiers Mourn Gen Ggwanga
The death of Maj Gen (Rtd) Kasirye Ggwanga yesterday drew eulogies from friends, politicians and top military
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AMHVoices: Ziyambi, don’t be that heartless
Well, the three may have a case to answer regarding the flash demonstration, but what concerns me is the fact that the minister refused to answer a simple question he had been asked about what is being done to investigate their
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Zanu PF’s paranoia is growing again, and this is a threat to us all
At Zanu PF headquarters on Wednesday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa had an explanation for the economic crisis; it was the
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Kenya: Ex-MP Fined Sh1.3 Million Over Sh100,000 Bribe
Former Kasarani MP John Chege has been fined Sh1.3 million for receiving a Sh100,000 bribe from a contractor in 2013. The former legislator is said to have received the money from the contractor who was building Baba Dogo Secondary School to facilitate his payment of Sh3.3 million.
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Zimbabwe: Abducted MP Mamombe, Activists Roughed Up By Makorokoza Lovers - Mutodi
Sacked Information Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has made startling claims hospitalised MDC MP Joanna Mamombe and two female party activists were roughed up by their lovers who are illegal miners following an argument over payment of their "services" in foreign
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Kenyatta Men Plotting Ruto Impeachment, DP's Allies Now Claim
The ongoing purge of National Assembly and Senate leaders allied to DP Ruto and rapid changes in House committees, they say, are calculated at paving the way for the Deputy
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Magufuli sacks health deputy minister
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has appointed Dr Godwin Mollel as the new deputy minister for Health after sacking Dr Faustine
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Six charged over APNU+AFC Berbice protest
Six charged over APNU+AFC Berbice protest -three fined after pleading guilty to breaching COVID-19 restrictions
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Understaffed and overworked - Inadequate parliamentary personnel causing burnout, difficulty to do nation’s business
While debate rages over the chairmanship of sessional committees of the Lower House, some disgruntled staff of the country’s bicameral legislature have shared with The Sunday Gleaner the difficulties they face as they extend themselves beyond the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Tanzania: Population Growth Hampers Coffee Production
The House was informed that coffee production decreased from 6,706 tonnes in 2014/15 to 5,882 in 2018/19 financial years due to various
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What lies in store for Raila, Kalonzo, Moi
With the 2018 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and rival Mr Raila Odinga providing a strong political foundation, talks to create a broader unity pact with various parties and leaders
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Rwanda: MPs Raise Concern As Govt Cuts Agriculture Spending
Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed concerns over the government proposal to slash spending on agriculture by 35 per cent, saying that the move would affect farm
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Kenya: Rift Valley Elders Call for Talks Between Uhuru, DP Ruto
Elders and political leaders from the Rift Valley are mounting pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to sit down and talk over the thorny issues in Jubilee Party, saying this will ease the rising
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MDC ‘abductees’ denied bail
THREE MDC activists accused of publishing falsehoods prejudicial to the State and defeating the course of justice have been denied bail and remanded in custody to June
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Outgoing MP defends 30-year tenure in St James Southern
ANCHOVY, St James - Outgoing People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament for St James Southern Derrick Kellier is defending his stewardship of the parliamentary seat he has held since defeating the Jamaica Labour Party's Ephraim Morgan in the 1989 General Election.
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Zimbabwe: 2014 MDC-T National Council Backing Chamisa Illegal - Mwonzora
Reinstated MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has dismissed a reconvened 2014 MDC-T National Council meeting held at the party's headquarters Thursday as "illegal" in the unfolding political drama that seems to be ripping the main opposition
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Parliamentary committee meets ministry of planning and economic development officials
A cross section of Sierra Leone’s Parliamentary Committee on Planning and Economic Development, on Tuesday,  9th of June, met with the Minister of Planning and Economic Development – Dr. Francis Kai-Kai, his Deputy – Dr. Robert Chakanda and members of the ministry’s staff at their Tower Hill office
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Wheatley didn’t disclose Deer family link – report
Embattled St Catherine South Central Member of Parliament Dr Andrew Wheatley on Wednesday denied “wrongdoing or dishonesty” in the wake of a damning report from the Integrity Commission that referred the former minister to the director of...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Raila’s men plan purge to rid House of ‘rebels’
Two days after Jubilee Party leader Uhuru Kenyatta carried out a brutal purge in the Senate that saw him sack high-ranking members, including the deputy speaker Kithure Kindiki, ODM leader Raila Odinga is this week set to de-whip a number of legislators from committees in the National
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Vaz calls Phillips 'chief hypocrite'
CABINET Minister Daryl Vaz yesterday labelled Dr Peter Phillips “chief hypocrite” in response to the Opposition leader's call for sanctions against him arising from his (Vaz's) failed attempt to lease land at Holywell in the Blue and John Crow Mountains national
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Parties scramble for a slice of government pie
“The National Executive Council of the Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya, meeting under the leadership of the Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, has today authorised Mr Musyoka to seal a cooperation agreement with Jubilee and Kanu with immediate effect,” the party said in
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