With world’s highest school dropouts due to high cost of education, questions emerge whether Catholic Church should privatise its centres
The Catholic Church is the region’s largest non-governmental investor in education. Catholic schools have long been a pillar of affordable but high-quality education, especially for poor families.
Rest of the world is rich because Africa is poor and Africans like Ugandan President Museveni maintain the status quo
In Uganda President Tibuhaburwa Museveni has made poverty an everyday song. A year before presidential elections, he uses it as a political weapon against his opponents, reminding the vulnerable that he is solving their poverty situation through Myooga, Parish Development Models and Operation Wealth Creation, yet he is constantly, persistently and perennially poverty against them, sinking them further and further in the abyss of poverty
Trump vows never to mend ties with Musk, warns the billionaire against funding Democrats
Musk and Trump began exchanging insults on Thursday last week, as Musk denounced Trump’s bill as a “disgusting abomination.” Musk’s opposition to the measure complicated efforts to pass the legislation in Congress, where Republicans hold only slim majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate.
Barcelona’s dazzling Lamine Yamal: Real Madrid’s players didn’t know that I have a right foot too
Lamine Yamal is able to improvise and use his left foot in so many different ways, including the ‘trivela’ – an outside-of-the-boot shot or pass that he executes brilliantly over a range of distances. Yamal uses that part of his foot with such precision that his technique doesn’t just negate the need to use his right,
Pakistan to Spain: Deadly journey via Africa illegal migrants travel; why smugglers are using longer, more dangerous migration routes
During the six months Iqbal and Ali were in Mauritania, smugglers moved them repeatedly, beating them to extract more money. While he managed to get some money sent from Pakistan, Iqbal did not tell his family of his dire situation.
Metrofile Group is out to sanitise pension records in Kenya to stop theft of retirees’ money – director
Speaking at the Fourth Association of Pension Trustees and Administrators of Kenya Conference in Mombasa, Metrofile Group Managing Director Jackline Mburu called on pension industry to leverage data for preservation, security and digital transformation.
Ethnic profile: How Rapid Support Forces attack, kill non-Arab Masalit under pretext Tawila is ‘military zone’
The RSF has sought to justify the attack by claiming that Zam Zam was a “military zone” used by armed groups supporting the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in El Fasher. In reality, the camp was overwhelmingly a civilian space, home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
Cooperatives minister directs savings societies file annual returns to weed out graft and fakes
Through enhanced sectoral integrity, the cabinet secretary said the government, through his ministry, initiated targeted governance reforms to restore public confidence, improve operational efficiency, and reinforce ethical leadership within the cooperative sector.
After suffering heavy losses Wagner Group leaves Mali, replaced by Russia’s Africa Corps
As Western influence in the region has waned, Russia has sought to step into the vacuum, sweeping in with offers of assistance. Moscow initially expanded its military cooperation with African nations by using the Wagner Group of mercenaries.
Despite its vast potential, sports given a short shrift in Kakamega County budget as recurrent expenditure gets Ksh6 billion
In the budget estimates, the public service and administration has been allocated Ksh7.4billion taking the lion’s share, which translates to 40.8 per cent of the budget. The department of Roads, Public works and Energy has been allocated Ksh1.68billion translating to 9.3 per cent of the proposed budget.
