Kenyan hikes expenditure in new budget for 2007/08
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Kenya raised its annual expenditure to nearly 30 percent of its Gross Domestic Product in budget proposals Thursday designed to spur development in the east African nation.
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The countryâs economic managers on Friday announced a âtremendously improvedâ economic outlook for the country this year owing to improved revenue collection that could trim the P197-billion
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A look at the major donations given Monday at an international donors conference for the Palestinians. The total sum pledged was $7.4 billion from 2008 to 2010, surpassing the $5.6 billion sought.
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The World Bank said on Friday it had raised a total of $41.6 billion in funds to help around 80 poor countries with grants and loans through June 2011, an increase of $9.5 billion over the previous funding period.
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Kenyan voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president and parliament with delays in some locations and charges from the main opposition candidate that the government was trying to rig the result.
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Indonesia will increase the amount of money it spends on fighting AIDS by 75 percent over the next three years, with the major focus on hardest-hit Papua province, the welfare minister said.
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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The United Nations hopes that a high-level meeting on AIDS starting Wednesday will bring a surge of new funding to fight the disease, after a report warned that the epidemic continues to spread and &#36;20 billion will be needed each year to fight it by 2008.
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Kenya's president says he will stand for re-election in December as a candidate for a new political alliance.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has approved a $1.47 million increase in its expenditure budget for next year. The rise will lift WADA&#39;s budget to $21.7 million, the Montreal-based
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The countries plan to raise at least $300 million next year to help pay for the treatment of children with AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed a $35m (Â£19m) loan to Kenya, with the loan scheduled for December, seven months later than expected.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon proposed on Thursday a rise in the U.N. budget for the next two years, seeking extra funding to head off conflicts and promote human rights amid new demands on the world body.
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Tokyo, May 24 (Jiji Press)--Major listed Japanese firms are planning to raise their consolidated capital expenditures for fiscal 2007 by an average of 5.7 pct from the previous year, posting a rise for the fifth straight year, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday.
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Victims of Kenya's independence war with Britain are to start proceedings to claim compensation.
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The government tightened security around Kenya's parliament Tuesday for its first session since a disputed presidential election
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Kenya's parliament opened Tuesday for the first time since a disputed presidential election, a fight that has provoked widespread violence and was expected to carry over to the selection of a house speaker.