Africa: Kenya Champions AU Commission Budget Oversight in Continental Reform Drive

Africa: Kenya Champions AU Commission Budget Oversight in Continental Reform Drive

Nairobi — Kenya will advance fresh reform proposals at the African Union (AU) level aimed at strengthening budget accountability within the African Union Commission, including enhanced oversight by the Pan-African Parliament. Speaking during his annual Diplomatic Address to Heads of Mission and International Organisations at State House, Nairobi, President William Ruto said Kenya remains committed…

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Africa: Kenya Champions AU Commission Budget Oversight in Continental Reform Drive

Africa: Private Credit Rating Agencies Shape Africa’s Access to Debt. Better Oversight Is Needed

Africa’s development finance challenge has reached a critical point. Mounting debt pressure is squeezing fiscal space. And essential needs in infrastructure, health and education remain unmet. The continent’s governments urgently need affordable access to international capital markets. Yet many continue to face borrowing costs that make development finance unviable. Sovereign credit ratings – the assessments…

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Africa: Kenya Champions AU Commission Budget Oversight in Continental Reform Drive

Africa: Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal grantmaking while ending offensive waste of tax dollars, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  Every tax dollar the Government spends should improve American lives or advance American interests. …

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