All posts tagged "Kenya"

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  UK to introduce performance-related pay for civil servants, Kenya declares climate change a national security threat: news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence In this edition: UK to introduce performance-related pay for civil servants The UK government will introduce a performance-related pay regime

  • Posted May 16, 2024
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  Digital finance crucial to achieving sustainable development goals, says UN

  Unleashing the potential of digital finance could have a transformational impact on sustainable development, according to a report from a taskforce convened by the United Nations’ secretary-general. ‘People’s Money: Harnessing

  • Posted September 11, 2020
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  Central banks push contactless payments to counter COVID-19

  Government authorities in a growing number of countries, including Kenya and Ireland, are taking actions to encourage contactless payments as the coronavirus pandemic escalates. The moves come as governments worldwide

  • Posted March 25, 2020
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  UK plans African cities centre

  The UK is to set up a specialist centre that will help to improve the way African cities are planned, built and run, with the aim of making urban centres

  • Posted January 22, 2020
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  All accounted for: how four nations tackled financial exclusion

  Access to banking and financial services can help tackle poverty, boost economic growth and ease service delivery. Pablo Jiménez Arandia examines four countries’ very different approaches to tackling financial exclusion

  • Posted September 4, 2019
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  Kenya creates Africa’s first national digital ID scheme

  Kenya has just closed registration on the country’s new digital database, creating the first population-wide identity scheme in Africa. “My administration will complete a central master population database, which will

  • Posted June 25, 2019
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  Kenyan government to use AI in affordable housing scheme

  The government of Kenya is planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help assess citizens’ eligibility for affordable housing. The government is building 500,000 new affordable homes, and faces a

  • Posted May 1, 2019
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  Third of civil servants struggling to justify wealth in corruption probe

  Around 30% of Kenyan civil servants have been unable to explain the source of their wealth in an audit ordered by the government. The figure was revealed by head of

  • Posted August 22, 2018
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  Kenyan corruption threatens to “engulf” the state, auditor warns

  Kenya’s auditor general has warned that the basic function of the state is under threat by rampant and coordinated corruption. The dire prediction by Edward Ouko follows a series of

  • Posted July 22, 2018
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  Nairobi civil servants to work in shifts, cutting congestion

  Kenya’s public servants will soon be working split shifts to help tackle congestion in the capital city, the government has said. The Public Service ministry has written to all civil

  • Posted July 10, 2018
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