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The MPs pointed out that Section 104 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act allows direct procurement in cases of extreme urgency, but stres...
More than 10 Al-Shabaab members were also killed, and others wounded, in a raid on militias gathering in the village of Tugaarey, Awdheegle district,...
Public Service PS Jane Imbunya has proposed establishing an internal fund within her ministry, backed with Sh1.2 billion, to handle compensation direc...
Sandalwood produces essential oils and has parts with proven medicinal properties, including anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits.
Kenya loses an estimated 10 women a day to postpartum haemorrhage, a toll experts say may be even higher due to widespread underreporting.
Following the arrival of the group in Mogadishu, 22 individuals were flown on to Hargeisa in Somaliland, while the remaining 151 stayed in the capital...
Whether they will be sent to the remote settlements where most refugees in Uganda access free housing and humanitarian assistance, or stay in urban Ka...
UNHCR extended condolences to "the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives" and called for an end to the conflict in Sudan, saying safe...
Banadir Regional Court ruled that Nadiifo Hassan Abdiqadir Abdulle channelled the money through her personal bank accounts, disguising illicit transfe...
Nairobi stressed that such initiatives aimed at restoring peace and stability in Sudan must be coordinated under African leadership rather than throug...
The black wattle is an invasive Australian tree that arrived in South Africa in 1871. It was originally introduced in plantations to create shade and...
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1997, Oyinbokure studied computer science at the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta. He received a master’s degr...
Both elephants and rare ebony lie at the heart of the national heritage of Cameroon. By safeguarding elephants, Cameroon can protect the long-term via...
Dr Matthew Koech, a nephrologist at the Oak Tree Centre for Kidney and Chronic Diseases, highlighted the difficulties caused by the absence of a prope...
The release of the funds comes after last month, the Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) warned that private hospitals across the country would no longe...
The report had proposed a reduction of hardship allowances and the scrapping of some categories altogether. It has also proposed the degazettement of...
The third-country nationals deported to South Sudan include two people from Myanmar, two from Cuba, and one each from Vietnam, Laos, and Mexico.
Under the current system, government contributions only fully belong to an employee after a decade of service, and withdrawals are limited until age 5...
A report by Uganda's Inspectorate of Government reveals that one out of three civil servants bribed their way into the job. Now there are calls to ref...
The payout followed months of stalled approvals earlier in the year after the commission was left without a quorum when the terms of seven commissione...
The conflict in eastern DRC has escalated, displacing over 7.8 million people and leaving 28 million more facing food insecurity, nearly four million...
The audit, covering the financial years 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24, reveals widespread misuse of taxpayer money, with employees appearing on more th...
The National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Health demanded full disclosure of all transplants, including names, nationality, and contacts of re...
Head of Public Service Felix Koskei said state agencies must adopt innovation, inclusivity, and unity in communication, noting that in the digital age...
The three children had left Libya with their mother and brother, hoping to reach Italy. International estimates suggest that this Mediterranean crossi...
Ethiopia imposed a temporary ban on labour migration to the Gulf countries from late 2013 to early 2018 over reported abuses and deaths.
Uganda is now the lastest African country accepting a deal with the US government to take in unwanted migrants, joining Eswatini, South Sudan and Rwan...
Blood vessels naturally stiffen with age, but researchers found the virus accelerates this process, leaving survivors at greater risk of heart attack,...
Many Western countries have developed new policies that directly or indirectly restrict the opportunities available for migration from Africa.
In a statement on X on Thursday, Uganda's Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS), Bagiire Vincent Waiswa, confirmed the signing of the agreement, wh...
