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OCTOBER 30, 2024
The Supreme Court of Kenya reversed the Court of Appeal ruling on Tuesday that declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional. President Ruto signed the Finance Act 2023 into law on June 26, 2023, but it was later contested for unconstitutionality in the High Court.
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JANUARY 19, 2025
Mozambiques former finance minister, Manuel Chang, has been sentenced to serve eight-and-a-half years in prison this Friday for his role in the “tuna bond” scandal by a Brooklyn court. In 2005, Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza named Manuel Chang as Minister of Finance to lead the fight against poverty.
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JURIST
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
A Ugandan court on Wednesday charged nine senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development over their alleged involvement in corruption, electronic fraud, and money laundering in connection with a hacking incident that led to a financial loss of at least $21 million from the countrys central bank.
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DECEMBER 22, 2024
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee unveiled a report on Saturday, revealing that Justice Clarence Thomas of the US Supreme Court has accepted millions of dollars in lavish gifts over his 30-year tenure without reporting them. Under mounting pressure, the Court unveiled a Code of Conduct last November.
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MARCH 8, 2025
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that a provision of an Ontario election finance law violated the constitutional right to vote, finding the provision to be invalid and of no effect. The case marked the second time the Ontario election law had been challenged in court. The provision, Section 37.10.1(2)
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DECEMBER 29, 2024
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that mandates corporate entities to disclose to the US Treasury Department the identities of their true beneficial owners. Garland, where the plaintiff argued that the law was unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful.
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