Institute of Economic Affairs Citizen’s Alternative Budget warts Treasury on fiscal uncertainty and bulging external debt

Institute of Economic Affairs Citizen’s Alternative Budget warts Treasury on fiscal uncertainty and bulging external debt

Mutua observed that the engagement comes at a critical time when the National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee is reviewing the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), a key document that sets policy priorities and expenditure ceilings for the 10 government sectors.

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Kenya forms agency to fight ‘epidemic’ levels of junk food as country grapples with high incidence of lifestyle diseases

Kenya forms agency to fight ‘epidemic’ levels of junk food as country grapples with high incidence of lifestyle diseases

Dr Patrick Amoth cautioned that Kenya faces a dual burden of malnutrition, with persistent undernutrition alongside rising levels of overweight, obesity and diet-related conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers.

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Drone strikes, renewed hostilities in eastern Congo as fragile ceasefire is tested by rebels, army clashes

Drone strikes, renewed hostilities in eastern Congo as fragile ceasefire is tested by rebels, army clashes

In Kinshasa, the government has not issued an official statement on the reported operations. Around Goma and other parts of North Kivu, the relative silence of rebel leaders has fuelled anxiety among residents amid reports of drone strikes and targeted attacks.

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Black Widow-3: My mother died begging them for mercy, did the Ku Klux Klan white supremacists show her any?

Black Widow-3: My mother died begging them for mercy, did the Ku Klux Klan white supremacists show her any?

No matter what happened next, whether she lived or died trying to escape, she had already done something very important. She had shown that the knights were not invincible, that justice could find them even when the law couldn’t and that there were consequences for being cruel, even in a world built to protect the cruel.

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Football icon Cristiano Ronaldo now part-owner of Almeria FC acquiring 25 cent stake in the Spanish club

Football icon Cristiano Ronaldo now part-owner of Almeria FC acquiring 25 cent stake in the Spanish club

The club also included declarations from Mohamed Al Khereiji, who said “we’re very pleased that Cristiano has chosen our Club to invest in…

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Expansion, investment and reform: FIFA’s decade of transformation includes VAR and increase of World Cup teams to 48

Expansion, investment and reform: FIFA’s decade of transformation includes VAR and increase of World Cup teams to 48

According to FIFA, the FIFA Forward programme has contributed over $5 billion to football development since 2016 – a sevenfold increase compared to the pre-2016 period.

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Irrigation schemes brace for increased production after state invests $5.1m in rice farming

Irrigation schemes brace for increased production after state invests $5.1m in rice farming

According to the project brief, the Kabong’o scheme will directly benefit 240 households and create an estimated 5,000 direct and 10,000 indirect jobs. Farmers are projected to earn gross revenues of approximately Ksh250,000 per acre per season, translating to about Ksh250 million annually across 1.6 cropping seasons once the scheme is fully operational.

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Hillary Clinton accuses US lawmakers of distracting attention from Trump’s criminal trail in Epstein sex-trafficking probe

Hillary Clinton accuses US lawmakers of distracting attention from Trump’s criminal trail in Epstein sex-trafficking probe

The statement came before she was due to deliver a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Chappaqua, New York. Her husband, former US President Bill Clinton, will appear for a similar deposition on Friday, which will be the first time for a former president to testify before Congress since 1983.

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Kenya among select countries picked by WHO for launch of long-acting HIV vaccine

Kenya among select countries picked by WHO for launch of long-acting HIV vaccine

Notably, Kenya is among the first countries globally to introduce Lenacapavir for HIV prevention, signalling strong international confidence in the country’s health systems and its ability to responsibly deliver cutting-edge medical innovations.

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Scientist’s launch African livestock genetic resources guide book as indigenous species face threats from rise in crossbreeding

Scientist’s launch African livestock genetic resources guide book as indigenous species face threats from rise in crossbreeding

Director of AU-IBAR, Dr Huyam Salih, and Director General of International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Prof Appolinaire Djikeng, during the launch of the African Livestock Genetic Resources and Sustainable Breeding Strategies: Unlocking a Treasure Trove and Guide for Improved Productivity book at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi

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