Sh34bn aid to Uganda still frozen over doctors export

>Belgium deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has said his countryâ€™s â‚¬uro 11 million (about sh34 billion) aid to Uganda remains frozen as a sign of discontent over government adamancy to export at least 263 medical specialists, 90 per cent from public hospitals, to the Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago.

TheCitizen

10 years ago

Vijimambo

14 Oct

UK and international donors suspend Tanzania aid after corruption claims Payments of $490m frozen following claims that high-ranking officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank.

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the UK, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the World Bank. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFPInternational donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.
The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto...

11 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Mar

Uganda can own feet without aid, says minister

Uganda can stand on her own and fully fund its budget even if all Western countries decided to withdraw financial support over the anti-gay law, the Finance minister has said.

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Mar

Belgium threatens to cut $12m aid to Uganda

Kampala. Uganda on Monday stood by plans to send more than 240 of its health workers to the Caribbean despite a Belgian threat to cut 11 million euros in aid. Last week Belgiumâ€™s cooperation minister, Alexander De Croo, said his country was suspending a transfer of development money destined for the east African nationâ€™s health sector.

11 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Mar

US: We may shift Uganda aid to alternative needy country

>US Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi has come out to explain why he kept away from the launch of an HIV-prevention campaign organised by First Lady Janet Museveni.

11 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Mar

US not cutting aid in response to Uganda anti-homosexuality law

The United States has not cut any aid to Uganda in response to the recently enacted anti-homosexuality law, the State Department said on Wednesday.

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Sep

Banks get Sh34bn credit

Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company Limited (TMRC) - a private sector institution owned by the banks with sole purpose of supporting banks to do mortgage lending - has extended Sh34 billion worth of loans to its members during the past three years.

10 years ago

Vijimambo

NYLEPTHA 1OTH FROZEN BIRTHDAY

Nyleptha akipozi katika picha siku ya Jumamosi Aug 1, 2015 nyumbani kwao Landover, Maryland alikofanyiwa sherehe ya siku yake ya kuzaliwa alipotimiza miaka 10.