When the government cracked the whip last year and ordered matatu operators to change their way of doing business and trade under savings and credit co-operative societies (saccos), many people in the multi-billion industry were caught by surprise.
Most operators...
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Approximately 1 million children under 18 are hired as domestic workers.
Over 60% of these children are denied the opportunity to attend school.
Poverty is the main reason why they resort to domestic work....
Uganda has made headlines this week over claims that they have surrendered their most prominent and only international airport to China.
In November 2015, the Yoweri Museveni-led Ugandan government signed off on a now disastrous agreement to borrow $207 million...
Since 2011, Rwanda has taken sustainability and citizen empowerment to a whole new level with its Green Model Village scheme which has provided quality homes for thousands of Rwandans. The scheme was established by the Rwandese government – in...
Three Kenyan motivational speakers promising free money have been arrested in Rwanda.
The three were in the country to deliver a "wealth conference" which they promised people free money for attending. They were arrested and charged with fraud after they...
The tentacles of US imperialism are pervasive throughout the globe. They reveal a country that shamefully boasts itself of rabid racism, warmongering, morbid sanctions, and an obsession with regime-change agendas. Being a giant neocolonial power, the empire’s imperialism is...
On Wednesday Kinshasa accused Rwandan President Paul Kagame of "instrumentalizing for political purposes" Congolese refugees in Rwanda, "the height of indecency" according to the DRC government. The recent development comes after Mr. Kagame threatened to evict thousands of Congolese...
The newly elected President of Kenya, William Ruto, has taken advantage of the official state visit of South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa to convince his counterpart to lift the visa requirements for Kenyan citizens.
The news has come as a...
She made this decision after carrying out a cost-benefit analysis of the celebrations which she concluded as extravagant. The President decided to use the allocated budget to handle a more urgent project.
Instead of a grand festival, Tanzania’s 61st birthday...
The Rwandan government is making plans to receive hundreds of African migrants from Libya and give them work permits. The country is working with Libya so that migrants looking for greener pastures across the Mediterranean can be given a...
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