South Sudan still has no vice-president, despite a cabinet reshuffle. Inflation hits Ugandans and Kenyans. Uganda hospital patients have a rude awakening. A British national is branded a terrorist in Kenya.

The Sudan Tribune leads with South Sudan President Salva Kiir who, a week after dissolving his entire government, has just named a new cabinet.

Although several new faces appear, reports the daily, the position of vice-president was left unfilled.

The South Sudan leader appointed 10 deputy ministers in the newly formed government, bringing to 29 the total number of ministers and their deputies.

President Kiir said he chose this moment to restructure his government so as to lay the groundwork for a leaner and stronger cabinet, reports the Sudan Tribune.

In Uganda and Kenya prices of basic goods and services rose at a faster pace in July, reports the Nairobi based East African, piling pressure on household incomes for those living in the two countries.

The daily reports that both the Uganda Bureau of Statistics and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics noted a jump in the inflation rate, which is the pace at which prices of basic goods and services go up.

In Uganda inflation rose to 5.1 per cent in July up from 3.4 per cent in June, the fastest pace since December last year, reports the East African, while Kenya's inflation rate jumped to 6.0 per cent in July from 4.9 per cent in June, the fastest pace since August 2012 when it stood at 6.1 per cent.

The two agencies explained that the inflation rate rose as a result of price increases in food, energy, pharmaceuticals and housing expenses.

Staying in Uganda, the national Daily Monitor headlines with a human interest story on the Iganga Hospital in the east of the country.

Patients and healthworkers at Iganga hospital woke up to a strange sight yesterday, reports the daily, as a group of demonstrators invaded the hospital, demanding better services, amid problems of water shortage, hefty power bills and poor accommodation.

The protesters demanded the immediate restoration of running water, explains the paper, and threatened to go on hunger strike. The hospital has been having water problems for more than two years, explains the Monitor, after the National Water and Sewerage Corporation cut off the supply over an unpaid bill.

Built in 1968, the non-profit government-owned local health facility was designed to serve 250,000 people, explains the daily, but has since grown to cater for more than six districts, about 1.5 million people, with no additional funding.

A British terrorist suspect is facing multiple robbery with violence charges in front of a Nairobi court, reports the Kenyan daily, the Star.

Jermaine Grant, from Newham, east London, is facing five accusations of robbery with violence, explains the daily, as well as charges of attacks against a police post in Wajir four years ago.

And that's just for the Nairobi court. He is also facing terrorism charges in Mombasa, where he is accused of planning a bomb attack and possessing explosives.

Grant, who's name is on the international terrorist watch list, is said to have involvement with al-Shebab, which has been responsible for numerous bombings in Mombasa, Mogadishu and northern Somali, explains the Star.

He was charged with terrorism in December 2011, alongside three Kenyans, after they were found with materials used in making bombs.

Grant's lawyer told court yesterday that his client had decided to remain silent.