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Christian Aid calls on Tanzanian Election Winner to abolish unfair taxes

News Release Christian Aid is calling on the winner of this Sunday’s general election in Tanzania to commit to ending tax anomalies that have deprived a country rich in mineral resources of badly needed revenue that could have been spent on schools, hospitals and other infrastructure improvements. With two former Government ministers and a permanent […]

Omidyar Network and Hivos Advance Government Transparency Efforts In Africa with New Initiative

News Release October 27, 2010, REDWOOD CITY, Calif., and THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Omidyar Network and Hivos today announced the creation of the Africa Transparency and Technology Initiative (ATTI). It is the first fund in Africa to support the incubation of technology-driven initiatives that give citizens the tools to hold their governments to account. Omidyar […]

Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group urges speak out for democracy, rule of law and human rights

News Release The Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG), today, indicated in an interim statement that it will be calling for the Commonwealth to speak publicly as required and to act with greater authority on serious or persistent violations of Commonwealth values, including democracy, the rule of law and human rights. They will also be calling […]

Knight Foundation receives $2 Million grant from Google for Digital news Journalism

News Release Donation will support the foundation’s media innovation initiatives. MIAMI (OCT. 26, 2010) – Knight Foundation announced today that it has received a $2 million grant from Google Inc. to support the foundation’s media innovation work. “Journalism is fundamental to a functioning democracy, and we want to do our part to help fulfill the […]

Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act (Ch 210): Birth, death Company Registration in Uganda

Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act (Ch 210) CHAPTER 210 THE UGANDA REGISTRATION SERVICES BUREAU ACT. Arrangement of Sections. Section PART I—PRELIMINARY. Commencement. Interpretation. PART II—ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU. Establishment of the bureau. Objects and functions of the bureau. PART III—THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Board of directors. Tenure of office of members of […]

Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group Tanzania General Elections

Commonwealth Observer Group Tanzania General Elections 31 October 2010 NEWS RELEASE Arrival Statement by Rt Hon Paul East QC Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, constituted an Observer Group for the 2010 Tanzania General Elections, following an invitation from the National Electoral Commission. The Commonwealth, you will recall, was […]

Online dialogue on poverty reduction and maternal health launched by five African Parliaments

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gov2u Anavryton 20, Maroussi 15124, Athens, Greece T: +30-210-6121340 Email: info@gov2u.org Athens October 25, 2010 We are welcoming you to the live platform of Africa4All (www.africa4all.net), where we hope to facilitate a genuine dialogue between citizens and parliamentarians within the African context. The Africa4All project aims to create a new relationship between Members […]

Uganda Electoral Commision Press Statement on the Road Map to 2011 General Elections

A.    Introduction Our esteemed partners, members of the press, it is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to our weekly press briefing. Today, the Commission would like to update the public concerning the preparations for nomination of candidates, the progress of cleaning the National Voters’ Register and the arrangements for the National Prayer Week. […]

Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting Website launched in Australia

News Release Attorney-General Hon Robert McClelland MP and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma – Joint media release Attorney-General, Robert McClelland and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma have launched the July 2011 Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM) website. The website was launched to coincide with a Senior Officials of Commonwealth Law Ministries Meeting in London.  It contains latest […]

Uganda to host weeklong Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians conference from October 26th 2010

The 4th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) – Africa region is scheduled to take place from 26th – 31st October 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. The theme of the Conference is “Reducing maternal and infant mortality by 2015 : is Africa on track ?” Sessions of presentations/discussions will be on three focus areas, namely : Key […]