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A man who turned up to represent a suspect accused of defrauding former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana was arrested at the Milimani law courts, Nairobi, yesterday.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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Positive Covid-19 results in the SA and England camps brought an early end to England's visit as their ODI series was postponed.
[Nation] Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is headed to court Monday to challenge the process leading to his ouster last Thursday, arguing it was littered with illegalities.
[Open Society Foundations] Today, a continental court in Africa delivered a landmark opinion on colonial era vagrancy laws, which criminalize activities such as loitering, public indecency, and begging. The judgement has the potential to help reshape criminal justice policy and practice in dozens of African countries and reduce prison overcrowding.
Fewer than 1 in 6 African Americans have trust in the impending coronavirus vaccines soon to receive federal approval, a recent study found.
Pew Research Center found 83% of Asian Americans said they would get a vaccine compared to 42% of Blacks. White and Latinx respondents were about even with 63% and 61% respectively saying they would.
Maryland reported a record 3,742 new coronavirus infections Friday, obliterating the previous mark by more than 800 cases as the pandemic rapidly worsens in the state.
IN-FORM Zimbabwean golfer, Robson Chinhoi continued with his run winning the Ugandan Open Championships with 10 strokes ahead of his nearest rival Deo Akope in Kampala. BY FREEMAN MAKOPA It has been a fruitful two months for Chinhoi, who also won the second leg of the Safari Tour Golf Series at the par 72 Royal Nairobi Golf Club in Kenya and walked away with the top prize at the weekend following a brilliant round of five-under-par 67 in the closing round. Chinhoi shot past his rival with an impressive five under par 67 and finished all rounds with a total of 15 under par 273, while his opponent Akope posted three under par 69 for a total of five under par 283 to settle for the second prize. Zimbabwe Professional golfers Association (ZPGA) president Tongoona Charamba hailed the performance of the team, adding that corporates should support local talent. “It was great watching and playing in the same field with our fellow Zimbabwean who became the eventual winner on a record score of -15. Obviously, the inspiration is from how the other guys do in the events we play in and when we spoke about it during our practice rounds, we agreed that one of us should win. “As ZPGA, we are so proud of Robson Chinhoi for his exploits and hardworking, great talent that he is. I seriously ask our corporates to support him and others to get to the next level. We can't have such talent going to waste. The boy belongs to the biggest league. Chinhoi, Nyasha Muyambo and I made the cut. The other Zimbabweans who took part were Liberty Gumisa, Pride Sembo, Farayi Chitengwa and Morton Kombayi. We went better as a country as I competed and finished second last year at Victoria Serena,” he said.” This was a tough encounter with the defending champion Madalitso Muthiya from Zambia, finishing fourth after two under par 70, which could give him a total of two under par 286, a shot better than another top Uganda player Philip Kasozi. In addition, six-time winner Dismas Indiza from Kenya finished on level par total of 288 after a 71 in the final round to finish in sixth place. lFollow Freeman on Twitter @freemanmakopa
[Monitor] President Museveni has called for unity among National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders in Busoga Sub- region, saying internal fights are not good for the future of the ruling party.
NEW YORK (AP) - While multiple research studies show that Black and Hispanic patients are more likely to test positive for COVID-19, a team of investigators at NYU Langone Health has found that once hospitalized, Black patients (after controlling for other serious health conditions and neighborhood income) were less likely to have severe illness, die, […]
The sentencing for Rafia Farook in her evidence-destruction case that was scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, has been postponed to Dec. 14 because her attorney has symptoms of COVID-19. Farook, also known as Rafia Sultana Shareef, pleaded guilty on March 16 to shredding a map drawn by son Syed Rizwan Farook in advance of the […]
[Nairobi News] Kenya Railways, through the Nairobi Commuter Rail Service, on Monday commissioned operations for the new railway link from the city centre to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Milwaukee – The Milwaukee Health Department is revising the current public health order, modifying the capacity rules for restaurants and bars and requiring more stringent protocols for participation in team sports. The COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee, Order #4.3, will take effect on December 3, 2020. In a change from past […]
The post COVID-19 Trends Prompt Milwaukee Health Department to Modify Current Public Health Order appeared first on Milwaukee Community Journal.
Maryland was forced to shell out millions of dollars to replace coronavirus tests procured from South Korea after the first batch was deemed unusable, state officials conceded.
In what was another turbulent week in the opposition People’s National Party, Damion Crawford has told The Sunday Gleaner that the movement is being hurt by “political backstabbing”. The PNP vice-president was at the end of sharp rebuke from...
Where are the boundaries for the new lockdown restrictions? Here's a map of the NMB hot-spot and two other high-alert regions in all their glory.
With COVID-19 case levels in Los Angeles at record highs – nearly three times higher than those in San Francisco and twice those in New York City – Superintendent Austin Beutner today announced the suspension of all school-based instructional and childcare programs for the rest of the Fall semester.
Los Angeles Unified has been providing one-on-one and small-group tutoring for students, and those efforts will now shift to online. Los Angeles Unified is also temporarily suspending childcare which was provided on campus for children of school-based employees and high-needs families, as well as athletic conditioning programs for student athletes. The changes on school campuses will all be in effect by December 10.
The post Superintendent Austin Beutner Suspends School-Based Instruction And Childcare Due to Dangerous Increase of COVID-19 appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
Ramaphosa addressed the nation on 3 December and warned that Sarah Baartman District and the Garden Route could face additional restrictions.
The Study Begins In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs for blacks. It was called the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.” The study initially involved 600 black men – 399 with […]
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Zane Killian, who has serious charges against him, has to isolate after coming into contact with a cellmate who showed COVID-19 symptoms.
An Eco-Friendly Manufacturing Plant is Turning Plastic into Bricks
After Kenya imposed a ground-breaking law in 2017 on the use, manufacturing and import of plastic bags as part of global efforts to limit plastic waste, four engineers in Nairobi saw an opportunity in the estimated 500 tonnes of plastic waste the city generates daily and founded Gjenge Makers — a company that recycles plastic bottle tops and cooking oil containers into environmentally friendly bricks. Nzambi Matee, a co-founder of Gjenge Makers, explains how it came about.
\"So we started by collecting plastic waste and selling it to recyclers. That was in 2017, and then we realised three to six months later that we were collecting more waste than we could sell, than the recyclers could absorb. So that's when we decided what more we could do with the remaining plastic, as a value-added aspect, to see if we could put a product on the market using the plastic waste, and that's how we started making the paving stones\".
Grey pavers sell for around 8 euros per square meter, while coloured pavers sell for around 10 euros.
Matee describes the logic behind the ecologically-sound operation, \" Once the manufacturers package the soft drinks, or whatever product they are packaging, once the consumer finishes with that product, they have nowhere else to take it other than the litter box. And so, with that, we decided why don't we create a plug where instead of having the plastic to go the dumpsite, we intercept it on the way, and hence we started the making business.\"
The waste is then crushed into small pellets, sorted according to colour, mixed with sand and the desired colour pigment — before being taken onto the production line where they are moulded and put into a hydraulic press.
Ann Muthoni, the Programme Coordinator at Mukuru Slums Development Projects, shares some inside information, \"We had used the ballast before, but most of the trainees were complaining the ballast was damaging their shoes, so the Gjenge pavers, we find them very friendly. Walking on them feels like you are walking on rubber*
Gjenge Makers can currently produce up to 1,500 bricks a day with homeowners and schools as clients.
The West Dumping Plastic Waste in Africa
Although many African countries are making an effort to overcome the pressing issue of plastic waste, their efforts are often thwarted — as many countries in the Western world have used many nations in Africa as their plastic waste dumîng ground.
In April, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) - whose members include Shell, Exxon, Total, DuPont and Dow, companies already guilty of polluting many rivers in Africa via oil drilling and oil spills, proposed investments in recycling in Kenya with a catch.
The recycling investment deal is one only provided that the recipient country accepts US plastic waste i.e. Kenya would get about 500 million tonnes of plastic waste exports from the US per year.
Plastic But Not a Superficial Issue
According to a 2018 United Nations (UN) report, an esti
[Nation] A plaque in recognition of Iten township in Elgeyo-Marakwet County as a global World Athletics Heritage landmark was unveiled on Thursday in a function graced by Sports, Culture and Heritage Cabinet secretary Amina Mohammed.
Robert Cadrette, a master corporal in the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, died from coronavirus-related complications Saturday. He was 51.
