The East African Round Up

KENYA: Ministers ordered to resign before taking up new jobs

Twenty two ministers are set to lose their Cabinet positions before they are sworn in as senators, governors or MPs. (Read: Picking Cabinet next challenge for Jubilee leadership)

Also to quit their posts are 19 assistant ministers who will be sworn in for various seats in ceremonies scheduled for next week.

UGANDA: Tinye: Rebel attacks just a creation

The Coordinator of Intelligence Services has appealed for calm and vigilance in the population following recent shooting and gun-grabbing incidents at military barracks and a police installation.

On Sunday, Gen. David Sejusa, formerly known as Tinyefuza, gave an interview to the Daily Monitor in which he said the public shouldn’t panic because of what happened at Army General Headquarters in Mbuya on March 4, and outside the Army Land Forces headquarters at Bombo on the night of March 8.

RWANDA: Rwanda and World Bank Sign USD 50 Million Grant in Support of National Social Protection Program

The Government of Rwanda and the World Bank today signed an International Development Association (IDA) Grant of US$50 million to help Rwanda expand and manage its National Social Protection System. This was approved by the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors on 14th March 2013.

"This second support to the Social Protection System program, founded through the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) will help the government of Rwanda to implement its National Social Protection Strategy specifically to boost Government capacity to expand and move towards managing various programs," said Rwanda's Minister of Finance and Economic planning Amb. Claver Gatete during the signing ceremony.

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