MPs push for police reforms

>Debate on budget estimates for the Home Affairs ministry was dominated by calls from MPs for robust action to improve the working and living conditions of police officers as the House approved the ministry’s Sh881.7 billion budget. Virtually all MPs who contributed expressed concern about housing for the officers, food allowances and poor working conditions.

Riot police in South Africa clash with MPs hours after parliament passed a report absolving the president of using state money to upgrade his private home.

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MPs: Government not complying, MPs just complaining on budgets
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Parliament performance this week was put on a slate during debate, with MPs complaining that the law making organ is a letdown to the public. Debating the 2014/2015 budget discussion, some MPs expressed dissatisfaction with discussion among ...

Police: 7 Killed in Gun Attack on Tanzania Police Post
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Tanzania's police chief says gunmen attacked a police station in the city of Dar es Salaam, killing seven people and injuring four others. Ernest Mangu told reporters Monday that four of the victims were police officers.

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Police Officer Darren Wilson Resigned from Ferguson Police
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The 28 years old police officer who killed Michael Brown, unarmed 18-year old black, has resigned, five days after grand jury decided to not indict him. After a quiet Thanksgiving, protesters returned Friday night to streets making riots and facing the National ...

Big up for JK over judiciary reforms
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WE have often read in the newspapers or news agency reports of cases that have been decided long after the actual crime act was committed – if ever it had been committed at all! In the eyes of justice, everybody is innocent unless proven otherwise.

Companies participating in the Top 100 Mid-Sized firms are facing the challenge of forming a joint platform that will enable them to expand their businesses beyond Tanzania’s borders, the former Chairman of the East African Business Council, Mr Felix Mosha, has said.

Tunisia's entrepreneurs call for a raft of pro-business reforms

Judiciary on course to major reforms
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THE Judiciary undergoing some reforms that will, among other things, help to reduce unnecessary pre-trial detention of suspects in the country's remand prons. The reforms, according to the Chief Court Regtrar, Mr Ignas Kitusi, may lead to enactment of ...