(NIMULE, EASTERN EQUATORIA) – Health workers, local chiefs and security officers in the border town of Nimule have joined a new campaign to stop Ebola crossing into South Sudan, as a national aid group began community training in the busy trading hub this week. Hope Restoration South Sudan held anContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The South Sudan National Bureau of Standards held talks with the International Trade Centre this week to better align two major projects supporting quality infrastructure, a move that could help local businesses access new markets. The consultative meeting, chaired by the Bureau’s Executive Director Hon. Oiylang Dominic KanutoContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s tax authority has begun training staff to improve how it communicates with taxpayers, a move aimed at lifting the country’s low levels of voluntary compliance and increasing the government’s own source revenue. The three day workshop, run by the South Sudan Revenue Authority in the capitalContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s health leaders have made a direct appeal for a sharp rise in government health spending, from less than two percent of the national budget to the 15 percent target set out in the Abuja Declaration. The call came during a high level annual review meeting inContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The Bank of South Sudan has firmly rejected claims circulating online that Governor Johnny Ohisa stated that rats damaged 3 trillion South Sudanese pounds in storage facilities. In a press statement issued on Tuesday 23 June and signed by the bank’s communication department, the central bank said neitherContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s Court of Appeal has halted a government fuel supply agreement with Kenya, suspending an exclusive import deal that had granted Pacific Petroleum Company Limited sole rights to bring petroleum products into the country. The injunction follows a public interest petition filed by Advocates Without Borders, whichContinue Reading
(Nairobi, Kenya) – Family Bank founder Titus Muya and his associates recorded a gain of Sh4.74 billion ($36.7 million) on their holdings in the lender after its share price jumped by 44 percent on its first day of trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange on Tuesday. The bank listed 1.662Continue Reading
(MERU, KENYA) – A sharp dispute over plans to build a state lodge, airstrip and golf course inside Imenti Forest has drawn national attention to Meru County. Yet the town had already been working towards a much larger goal: becoming Kenya’s sixth city, joining Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu and Eldoret.Continue Reading
(KISUMU) – Kenya faces a growing Ebola threat from neighbouring countries, yet the government has not told its citizens where they can find isolation facilities. The Ministry of Health says 22 centres are ready across the country. It has not published a list of their locations or any public guidanceContinue Reading
Kenya Government Services Miss e-Citizen Migration Target by Wide Margin (NAIROBI, Kenya) – Only 1,695 Kenyan government services were added to the e-Citizen platform in the financial year ending this month. This figure falls far short of the annual target of 11,000 services, pointing to widespread failure among ministries, departmentsContinue Reading
