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- Kenya
says no to US drug subsidy limits
Kenya
has rejected a move by America's pharmaceutical companies to limit the number
diseases eligible for the importation of cheap drugs. - Shamba
system a wasted forestry strategy
Soil
experts have described a practice in Kenya where peasants are allowed to interplant
food crops together with trees in forests and vacate later as a highly developed
form of agro-forestry. The practice, locally referred to as the Shamba System,
can be equated to Burma's hill cultivation, Taungya. |
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| The
week's EastAfrican. |
- Uganda
Parties Want 'Oppressive' Acts Struck Out
FOLLOWING
THE recent gains made by Uganda's political parties against laws they call obnoxious,
the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) wants the Constitutional Court to overturn
the Movement Act, the Police Act and the Terrorism Act. - Somaia:
More Suits Likely Over Debt Cases
KETAN SOMAIA now faces possible
litigation from various quarters, with a London businessman saying he was consulting
lawyers in Kenya to file a case over a $23 million debt. |
- US
to Continue Assisting Dar
THE
United States has assured Tanzania that it is committed to assisting the country
with development and humanitarian aid despite the fact that Tanzania did not support
the US in its war against Iraq. - NARC
Retreat a Tactical Move to Cool Tempers
THE DIVISIONS that have dogged the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) government
for the past three months will only end with the enactment of a new constitution
that allows for broader power-sharing, analysts say. |
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