| The Top 100 African Universities | Published: 05/01/08 |
The world University rankings by THES-QS indicated that most East African Universities were not doing well. Here is the list of the Top 100 African Universities of 2007
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| Where did oil Uganda's reserves go? | Published: 05/01/08 |
IT took only a couple of days to paralyse Uganda. Within 48 hours, the
violence in Kenya had led to severe fuel shortages all over the
country, pushing up oil prices, doubling bus fares, raising food prices
and seriously affecting business and public life.
Dealers were greatly taking advantage of the crisis to hoard and ask exorbitant prices, up to four-fold in the case of petrol.
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| Uganda needs alternatives to Kenya gateway | Published: 05/01/08 |
BARELY a week into Kenya's blood-spattered post-election meltdown,
the economic pinch of the bloodshed is already battering neighbouring
landlocked Uganda. Planes on domestic routes remained grounded on
Tuesday due to lack of jet fuel, several travellers cancelled planned
business/holiday trips while thousands of car owners packed their
vehicles as transport fares in the new year hit record highs on the
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| Kibaki-Raila deal possible, says Tutu | Published: 05/01/08 |
Story by NATION Team
Publication Date: 1/5/2008
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African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu Friday hinted at the
possibility of a coalition government as a way of ending Kenya’s
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| ECK Chief admits vote Tallying had problems | Published: 03/01/08 |
ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu has admitted there were problems in the tallying of presidential votes.
And when he demanded all constituency tallies, he found some figures were not the ones he had personally seen, he said.
As of Tuesday, he added,
the commission had not received the official Form 16 from four
constituencies. The forms give the actual figures from constituencies
signed by the returning officer.
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| Kenyan Media urges Politicians to Save Country and | Published: 03/01/08 |
Publication Date: 1/3/2008
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| Mr Raila and President Kibaki. WE WANT PEACE! | Our
beloved country, the Republic of Kenya, is a burnt-out, smouldering
ruin. The economy is at a virtual standstill and the armies of
destruction are on the march in the Rift Valley and other places.
In the midst of this,
leaders — who are the direct cause of this catastrophe — are issuing
half-hearted calls for peace, from the comfort of their hotels and
walled homes in Nairobi, whence they are conveyed in bullet-proof
limousines. | |
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| Kenyan party to defy protest ban | Published: 03/01/08 |
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has insisted a
banned mass march will go ahead in Nairobi on Thursday despite pleas
for post-election unrest to stop.
Refusing to accept defeat to Mwai Kibaki in the 27
December presidential election, Mr Odinga's party boycotted crisis
talks with the new president.
The US ambassador to Nairobi has urged the two to sit down and talk.
More than 300 people have been killed and at least 70,000 driven from their homes across Kenya since Sunday.
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| Uganda's economy grew by 7% - President | Published: 01/01/08 |
| Monday, 31st December, 2007 |
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By Vision reporter
UGANDA'S economy has grown by 7% in 2007 despite power shortages and floods in northern and eastern Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni said in his New Year’s message to the nation. He expects similar growth figures for next year.
“The prospects for the economy in 2008 are even brighter. GDP growth is expected to continue at a pace of at least 7% per annum.”
Museveni attributed this success to a growth in services and industry, particularly the construction, manufacturing and electricity sectors.
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| Uganda Traders Brace for Crisis in Kenya | Published: 01/01/08 |
Elias Biryabarema & Andrew Bagala
KAMPALA
THE escalating political turmoil that has consumed Kenya since Mr Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of a disputed presidential election on Sunday has already grimly echoed here with Uganda's economy starting to choke on fuel scarcity.
And the business community and government officials are steeling themselves for worse economic instability as Kenya, on whom landlocked Uganda depends for nearly all of her import and export trade, sinks further into tribal bloodletting.
The first casualty of the Kenyan chaos appeared to be fuel with reports indicating that pump prices across Kampala and much of the country yesterday have gone up and are fast running out of stocks.
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| Scores Dead in Kenya over poll crashes | Published: 31/12/07 |
A BBC reporter at a mortuary in the opposition
stronghold of Kisumu saw about 40 bodies with gunshot wounds. A witness
said police had opened fire.
There were running battles in Nairobi slums, and violence was reported in the coastal town of Mombasa.
Mwai Kibaki was officially re-elected president while Raila Odinga says he was robbed of victory by voting fraud.
Mr Odinga has called for a million-strong rally by supporters in Nairobi on Thursday.
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