KENYA
MPs Rush Approval Of Bill Allowing 2.75% Salary Deduction For Employees' Health
Insurance Fund
In just two days, the National Assembly has considered the Digital Health Bill and the Social
Health Insurance Bill through two critical stages: first, the second reading, which involves
debate in the House and then the committee stage where amendments are considered. The
Digital Health Bill had a smooth sail in the House.

Just before amendments to the Social Health Insurance Bill, 2023 could be considered,
members from the Minority Side complained that the Health Committee Chair Robert Pukose
had left out crucial amendments.
(Citizen Digital)

TANZANIA
Former Leaders’ Bench With Daily News: Ambassador Amina Links Her Success To
Being A Leader Of Principles
Indeed, those with strong leadership principles intuitively know how to direct their teams to
success. In some cases, the presence of these principles can even be the difference between
an ethical leader and one with little regard for their team’s well-being.
And, for Amb. Amina, these are the qualities she holds dear, but the most important for her has
always been to remain a leader of principles especially in management.
(Daily News)

UGANDA
Uganda’s Anti-LGBTQ Law Causing Wave Of Rights Abuses, Activists Say
The passage of one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws by Uganda’s government has
unleashed a torrent of abuse against the LGBTQ community, mostly committed by private
individuals, rights groups say. The Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), enacted in May, prescribes
the death penalty for certain same-sex acts. At least six people have been charged under it,
including two accused of the capital offence of “aggravated homosexuality”.But a report,
authored by a committee of the Convening for Equality (CFE) coalition and made public on
Thursday, says the main perpetrators of human rights abuses against LGBTQ people this year
– including torture, rape, arrest and eviction – were private individuals.
(Aljazeera)

RWANDA
Rwanda Raises Concerns Over DR Congo Arming FDLR, Indigenous Armed Groups
Rwanda remains “deeply concerned about the ongoing collaboration and arming of FDLR and
indigenous armed groups by the government in Kinshasa”, Rwanda’s Permanent
Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Claver Gatete, has said.
The FDLR is a UN sanctioned genocidal force formed by the masterminds of the 1994 genocide
against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Ambassador Gatete stated that the dissemination of disinformation, misinformation, and hate
speech directed at MONUSCO and the EACRF, coupled with the DRC government's reluctance
to extend the EACRF mission during this critical period, unmistakably signals an intention to
resume hostilities.

(The New Times)

ETHIOPIA
Second Round Of Negotiations On Ethiopia’s Mega-Dam Wrap Up
The second round of trilateral negotiations surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
(GERD), which also holds immense significance for Egypt and Sudan, have ended on an
inconclusive note, with Ethiopia pledging to continue talks “in good faith”.
The two-day talks, which brought together representatives from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt to
address contentious issues surrounding the GERD project on the Blue Nile, ended on Sunday in
the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
(Aljazeera)

SOMALIA
Somaliland Rejects Talk Of Unification With Somalia After Museveni Comment
Some clan elders in disputed areas along Somaliland’s border with Somalia’s semi-autonomous
Puntland state say they want to be part of Puntland rather than Somaliland.
Heavy fighting broke out between Somaliland forces and militiamen in and around the town of
Las Anod in one such area in February. More than 200,000 have been displaced since the
violence began and, according to data Al Jazeera received from hospitals in Las Anod in May,
around 300 people had died and 1,913 were injured.
Since its secession, Somaliland has remained largely peaceful but analysts say the recent
violence has negatively affected that image.
(Aljazeera)