Kenya’s regional governments push for Ward Development Fund and MCA pension reforms at Devolution Conference

Kenya’s regional governments push for Ward Development Fund and MCA pension reforms at Devolution Conference

Mwatela urged the government, Senate, and National Assembly to include the fund in the same amendment bill to give MCAs similar tools to drive development at the grassroots.

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DP Kindiki assures UDA potential candidates in Baringo County senatorial by-election of fair nomination

DP Kindiki assures UDA potential candidates in Baringo County senatorial by-election of fair nomination

Prof Kithure Kindiki assured members of the party of a free and fair nomination when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) shall announce the official election dates.

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Is General Muhoozi Kainerugaba the lodestar of anti-corruption leadership in Uganda?

Is General Muhoozi Kainerugaba the lodestar of anti-corruption leadership in Uganda?

There is now no doubt that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been a fast-rising star in the military and in Uganda’s politico-military status quo. As I stated above, his rise in the army was fast-tracked by the President.

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Fate and future of public intellectuals in Uganda: Country needs literati capable of critical thinking, not the current ‘intellectually modified’ frauds

Fate and future of public intellectuals in Uganda: Country needs literati capable of critical thinking, not the current ‘intellectually modified’ frauds

In most, if not all universities in Uganda in particular and Africa in general not is the field of Futures Studies absent, but the new systems of knowledge production are decades away to be accepted on the campuses.

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After clamping down on leading television stations to blackout live broadcast of protests, Kenya now says it’s committed to information access

After clamping down on leading television stations to blackout live broadcast of protests, Kenya now says it’s committed to information access

After an eventful week during which the Communication Authority of Kenya switched off signals of leading television stations to compel them to discontinue live coverage of nationwide anti-government protests, the state now says it is committed to transparency, accountability and citizen empowerment through the implementation of Access to Information Act,...

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