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United Nations, United States | AFP |  Drastic cuts in US funding to the United Nations would create an insoluble problem for the world body, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday as he announced plans to lobby US lawmakers to reject the cutbacks. Guterres will travel to Washington next week …

Parliament questions State House over Makerere Visitation Committee funding Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Budget Committee have condemned a move to fund the Makerere University Visitation Committee from the State House budget. The expenditure by the visitation committee was on Wednesday the center of a heated debate between MPs and …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  The International Olympic Committee on Thursday imposed a freeze on grants to the Kenyan Olympic committee in a move which would affect the running of national sports activities in the country. The IOC said in a statement that it was unhappy that the Kenyan National …

A 0.2% levy on eligible imports to African countries will enable AU states take charge of funding the organization Nairobi – African Union member states have begun implementing measures aimed at increasing funding for the organization and reducing its reliance on donor aid. One of the key measures being undertaken by …

By John Njoroge & Obed Katureebe President Museveni lays trap that will finish off the opposition In June 2008 the Ugandan government proposed an amendment to the 2005 Political Parties and Organisations Act to provide for public funding of registered political parties. The amendment declared that funds would be allocated …