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Oloitokitok: From wild bushes to food basket and back to the ruins
A host of problems, including expensive inputs, invasion by wild animals and brokers have conspired to drive residents out of the farm.
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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke
Despite variant concerns, Allegheny County COVID cases remain relatively low | New Pittsburgh Courier
Amid the rise of the Delta variant, Allegheny County appears to have avoided the increase in COVID-19 transmission that several parts of the country have faced, a success county officials credit to its comparatively high vaccination rate. There has, however, been a slight increase in detected
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Hill: Jobs increased by 15% in BPO sector
The number of jobs in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector increased by 15 per cent over the past year, with 44,000 people employed in the sector as of June 30, 2021. This compares to the corresponding period in 2020, which saw 38,400...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Kent COVID-19 Vaccination Site Has Moved From The ShoWare Center To The Kent Public Health Clinic - The Seattle Medium
On Monday, King County’s COVID vaccination clinic in Kent moved from the ShoWare Center to the Kent Public Health Center at 25742 104th Ave SE, Kent. The clinic is open for vaccinations Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and you do not need to be an enrolled patient at the Kent Public
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This Week’s Senate Calendar: July 19 – July 23, 2021
Here’s what’s on tap at the V.I. Legislature this week.
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Kenya: Irregularities Mar Covid-19 Cash Transfers
[HRW] Nairobi -- Anti-Graft Agency Should Investigate
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Kenya: Nanyuki Shock NCPB in Handball League
[Nation] National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) sides recorded mixed results during theIr respective Kenya Handball Federation National League matches Sunday at the Nyayo National Stadium handball court in Nairobi.
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Kenya: No Cremation for Caroline Kangogo Says Family
[Nation] The family of disgraced police officer Caroline Jemutai Kangogo will not honour her alleged burial wishes, spelt out in what police say is her suicide note. Instead, Kangogo will be laid to rest in a Christian ceremony sometime next week, said Mr Robert Kipkorir, the family spokesperson
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya: Orphaned Baby Chimp Baran From Iran Finds New Home in Kenya
[Nation] A wildlife conservancy in Kenya is the new home of an endangered baby chimpanzee from an Iranian Zoo.
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Dunn Introduces Legislation To Provide Greater Transparency For Property Taxes - The Seattle Medium
“It is important for every taxpayer to have transparency to see where their tax dollars are being spent so that they can hold their government accountable for the choices that are made and understand the priorities that are being
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Kenya: Rural Aid Kenya Gives Scholarships to 30 Children From Nairobi Slum
[Nation] Rural Aid Kenya, a non-governmental organisation, will from next year educate 30 children from Mukuru slum in Landi Mawe Ward, Nairobi County.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya: Prepare for Tough Battle, Ruto Warns Rivals
[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto, confident of a 2022 State House race triumph following a series of wins in recent by-elections, has told his opponents to prepare for what he says will be a battle royale.
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Kenya: Instead of Taxing Telecom Services Focus on Growth
[East African] Kenya and Tanzania have joined Uganda in introducing prohibitive taxes on telecommunications services. Kenyans will be paying more for data as the telecom industry passes on the cost of an increase in excise duty payable on data. While Uganda has finally retreated from a disastrous
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya: Wrangles Involving Squatters, Ranchers Leave Thousands of Taita Residents Landless
[Nation] Historical and land injustices in Taita Taveta County involving private owners and residents have left thousands of locals landless.
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‘We’re buying some time’: Texas Democrats heap pressure on Biden, Congress for voting rights action - Dallas Examiner
By ERIC BRADNER CNN WASHINGTON, D.C. – Texas House Democrats said Tuesday they can only hold off Republicans’ push for restrictive new voting laws for weeks, as they urged President Joe Biden and
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Delta Variant Now Makes up 83 Percent of all U.S. COVID Cases - Voice and Viewpoint
The latest delta surge also has led to increases in hospitalizations and deaths, Dr. Walensky stated. She remarked that deaths have risen by about 48 percent over the past week, and the U.S. now averages 239 COVID-related fatalities each day. Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National
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We will find way for BBI to go on, assures Raila
Raila Odinga has hinted at an alternative path for the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill 2022, halted by the High Court on May 13.
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Texas Senate bill seeks to strip required lessons on people of color and women from “critical race theory” law - Dallas Examiner
By ISABELLA ZOU The Texas Tribune Texas lawmakers have filed at least three bills targeting how racism, current events and the country’s founding principles are taught in K-12 schools – including a senate
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Nigeria: Presidency Justifies Rejection of Election Results' e-Transmission By Senate
[Daily Trust] The Presidency has thrown its weight behind members of the National Assembly for rejecting the transmission of results electronically by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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Why Victims Stay In Abusive Relationships
By Annan Boodram, The Caribbean Voice: A recent newspaper commentary once again raised the issue of why victims stay in abusive relationships. Even though the information is so easily available these days via many platforms, still far too many seek to blame the victim out of a mistaken belief that
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Kenya: Nairobi Water Sink KU in Handball League
[Nation] Nairobi Water women's team walloped Kenyatta University 39-11 on Saturday to open a two-point gap on the standings in the ongoing Kenya Handball Federation National League at the Nyayo National Stadium handball court in Nairobi.
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Severin is acting principal of the Open Campus - Barbados Today
The University of the West Indies (The UWI)has appointed Dr Francis Severin as Interim Principal of its Open Campus effective August 1, 2021. The appointment was approved at the Annual Business Meeting of University Council held on Friday April 30, 2021 via Zoom. The current Principal, Dr Luz
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Reps. Lee and Watson Coleman Call on International Swimming Federation to Change Policy on Swim Caps for Natural Hair | Post News Group
Joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus and cosponsors of H.R. 2116, the CROWN Act, the signers request FINA evaluate how barriers to participation, like the unavailability of swim caps, impact the representation of Black
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Gloria Richardson, An Influential Yet Largely Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer, Has Died
Richardson's determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality was captured in a photo as she pushed away the bayonet of a National Guardsman. She was 99 when she died.
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Zuma graft trial resumes online after deadly South Africa violence | Africanews
The graft trial of South African ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes, held online in a bid to forestall another wave of the deadly unrest that swept the nation after he was jailed in an unrelated case
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African health experts urge vaccine research to boost COVID-19 response - The Kenya News
NAIROBI, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Greater investment in home-grown research and development of a safe and efficacious vaccine is crucial in order to boost the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, experts said in a virtual forum in Nairobi on Monday. Githinji Gitahi, CEO of Nairobi-based
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Kenya: Night of Horror as 13 Die in Tanker Fire
[Nation] Around 9.30pm on Saturday, a tanker ferrying thousands of litres of petrol from Kisumu to Busia collided head-on with a milk truck at Malanga in Gem, Siaya County.
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Kenya: IEBC Denies Server Hacking Claim, Says BVR System Secure
[Nation] The electoral agency Sunday refuted claims that hackers infiltrated its servers and obtained the personal details of at least 61,000 registered voters.
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Africa: For a Hungry Continent, Africa Does Poorly on Agriculture
Opinion - Virtually all African countries boldly claim that agricultural transformation is at the top of their economic growth agenda because of the central place the sector occupies in the lives of hundreds of millions of Africans. The stated commitment is so solemnly declared governments have
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Western leaders bicker over unity as aspirants hit campaign trail
With no recognised kingpin in Western despite huge vote basket, leaders spell out what must be done for one of them to capture the presidency.
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