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MPs approve tax-free deal for Japanese firms, expats Thursday May 20 2021 By EDWIN MUTAI Summary Parliament has exempted Japanese companies, consultants and employees undertaking local projects funded through grants from Tokyo from paying tax. The exemption is in respect of income accruing in or derived from Kenya in the projects under the financing agreements signed between Nairobi and Tokyo. Parliament has exempted Japanese companies, consultants and employees undertaking local projects funded through grants from Tokyo from paying tax. The exemption is in respect of income accruing in or de...

Rural water supply schemes for climate-vulnerable communities in the dry-zone Format Ensuring water security for agricultural productivity, community wellbeing & resilience Anuradhapura, Vavuniya & Puttalam, Sri Lanka, 6 April 2021: The world over,water is under extreme threat from a growing population, increasing demands of agriculture, and the worsening impacts of climate change. In 2017, 29% of the world’s population did not have access to drinking water that was free from contamination and available on premises when needed, while 11% of the global population lacked even basic drinking w...

Posted on February 5th, 2021 Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (February 05) inaugurated the construction work of the 28km-long ‘Irrigation Tunnel’ which will be the longest irrigation tunnel in South Asia upon completion. The event took place at Palugaswewa in Anuradhapura, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The tunnel will be built under the first phase of the North Central Province Maha Ela Project, in parallel to the ‘Waari Saubhagya’ (Irrigation Prosperity) programme to rehabilitate 5,000 tanks. The North Central Province Mah...

Agencies THE government is planning to resettle more than 180 farmers displaced by the expansion of Causeway Dam in Macheke, Mashonaland East province. The water impoundment project at the Macheke farm has disrupted the farmers’ activities. In Zimbabwe, disputes over the Causeway Dam project may soon be resolved. The government of this East African country has announced that it will compensate farmers for land lost. They will receive 235 hectares of irrigable land. The farmers were settled in the watershed of the water reservoir. The land allocated to the farmers will be irrigated through c...

January 15 2021 / Modified on January 15 2021 In Zimbabwe, the government is planning to resettle more than 180 farmers displaced by the Causeway Dam in Machiki. The water impoundment project at this farm in Mashonaland East Province has disrupted the farmers' activities. In Zimbabwe, disputes over the Causeway Dam project may soon be resolved. The government of this East African country has announced that it will compensate farmers for land lost at Machiki, a farm in Mashonaland East provinc...