Uhuru, Ruto to take 20pc salary cut

Two opposition leaders have dismissed the move by Jubilee leaders to reduce their pay.

>The executive secretary of the Planning Commission, Dr Philip Mpango, has advised the Parliamentary Budget Committee to convince the government to lower the Pay-As-You-Earn (Paye) tax.

Nairobi. Raila Odinga amekuwa nje ya nchi au ng’ambo kwa zaidi ya miezi miwili akihudhuria mikutano kuhusu uongozi katika Chuo Kikuu cha Boston, Marekani.

Until last month, Deputy President William Ruto’s allies were confident that the crimes against humanity case facing him at The Hague was on quicksand.

Support for the trial of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy among Kenyans is waning, a new survey shows.

Tanzania’s current account deficit widened by 18.56 per cent in 12 months ending November 2013 resulting from a drop in its exports compared with imports.

The Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) recalled substandard antimalarial drugs Metakelfin off drug store shelves and destroyed S-26 breast milk substitute baby formula.

20pc standard seven leavers shun public schools
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ABOUT 20 per cent of the 63,378 standard seven leavers who were offered learning places in public secondary schools in Dar es Salaam this year snubbed the offer, opting for private schools, instead. The Dar es Salaam Regional Administrative Secretary ...

 Farmers lose up to 20 per cent of grain their harvests because of poor storage, it emerged here during a capacity building workshop for stakeholders in the agriculture sector. A farm input supplier, Mr Gesso Bajuta, attributed most of the losses to attacks by pests, noting that the problem could be contained with ample supply of pesticides.