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By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world's leaders to be inoculated. Israel is set to begin vaccinating its health workers and nursing home residents beginning Sunday. Netanyahu said he wanted to be the country's first recipient to set a personal example and to encourage Israelis to get the shot. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated Friday in a similar attempt to boost public confidence in COVID-19 vaccines. 'I believe in this vaccine,' he […]
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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
The Director of the Public prosecution (DPP), Senior Counsel Roger Gaspard, Saturday said that his office remains “resolute and unbowed” as he responded to statements made by Chief Justice Ivor Archie that criminal justice system was on the verge of collapse, and it wasn’t because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
By Nhau Mangirazi FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been urged to double the allocation of devolution funds to 10% of the national budget as stipulated in the Constitution as compared to the current 5%. The issue came out last week in Karoi during public hearings on the 2021 national budget by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget and Finance led by acting chairperson Goodlucky Kwaramba. The residents said the current 5% allocation was not enough to fund devolution. They suggested that the allocation should be doubled in order to improve service delivery which is a challenge in most local authorities. Their concerns come at a time people in Matabeleland have been clamouring for devolution to be adequately funded. Councils have also struggled to get the 5% allocation stipulated in the Constitution from central government. Bennedet Marengwa said: “We call upon the Treasury to increase devolution funds to at least 10% so that projects set aside for development can be completed on time. As much as we welcome these funds they must also cater for water and sanitation programmes that enhance access to clean water as part of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the country aims to achieve globally.” Karoi Town Council chairperson Abel Matsika added: “These national budget consultations must be done on time so that if the devolution funds are pegged at the suggested 10%, councils will be able to plan their own budgets with this in mind. We need to move on the same wavelength with the national budget outcomes.” He said the government should consider making foreign currency part of the devolution funds. “I suggest that part of the money must be in foreign currency to make it easy for local authorities to purchase machinery, including equipment for roads as well as water treatment chemicals that are pegged in foreign currency. This will help in accessibility of clean water and improved service delivery in our communities,” Matsika said. Philemon Chiripanyanga, the Karoi district information officer, blasted some local authorities for diverting funds to projects that were not part of the central government thrust on development. “As much as these councils are asking for increased devolution funds, firstly, are they accountable to the same government that is giving them the funds? Do they even consult residents who have the right to know what must be done with these funds? We also challenge these local authorities to give feedback on what these funds have been used for as accountability and transparency is lacking on these public funds,” Chiripanyanga said. Stewart Jena said allocated funds should be disbursed on time, adding: “These devolution funds are disbursed late and with the current inflation rate, some projects then increase in value and hence the failure to achieve some goals set for development in some councils.”
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President Barack Obama called out Donald Trump while making his case in favor of Joe Biden's candidacy in his first campaign speech of the season in Philadelphia.
Ivory Coast's government says it has decided to favorably consider requests on the restructuring of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The decision comes on the proposal of the ECOWAS Peace and Security Commission chaired by General Francis Béhanzin.
The government also expressed its support for a meeting between the President Alassane Ouattara and the President of the PDCI, Henri Konan Bédié, with a view to the participation of the opposition in the presidential election of 31 October 2020.
The information was made public in a statement read by the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, Sidiki Diakité, at the end of a working session chaired by Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 in Abidjan. A meeting that brought together the government, the ECOWAS Peace and Security Commission and opposition political parties. The PDCI and the FPI did not respond to the invitation.
According to Sidiki Diakité, the government decided to consider favorably the requests on the restructuring of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) made by the opposition after exchanges with this ECOWAS commission. These requests relate to \"the integration of a fifth personality into the central commission of the IEC in the name of the opposition, the granting of a post of vice-president to the PDCI in the office of the central commission of the IEC and the recomposition of the local IECs\".
The participants also deplored the violent demonstrations that have been recorded in recent weeks and which have resulted in loss of life, serious injuries and significant property damage.
In addition, the government called on the political parties to lift, without delay, the watchword of civil disobedience, to commit themselves definitively to the path of dialogue and to work for a peaceful presidential election on Saturday, October 31, 2020.
Hamed Bakayoko thanked ECOWAS for its \"engagement with stakeholders to help move forward in the negotiations\".
The ECOWAS delegation led a ministerial mission of preventive diplomacy to Côte d'Ivoire from 18 to 19 October.
Each person walking in their agency, must demand accountability from institutions of power. Volunteering in a Covid-19 vaccine trial is an act of accountability for me.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed unveiled a new financial program for struggling artists.
It is abundantly clear that to save our country and resume our place of leadership in the world we must elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Like others during the Democratic primary I wavered over who was the right person to lead our party. I hosted fundraisers for Pete Buttigieg and attended two for Kamala Harris . . .
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