President Uhuru Kenyatta lifts Covid-19 curfew

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President Uhuru Kenyatta lifts Covid-19 curfew

President Uhuru Kenyatta said it had been established that surge in infections had fallen below two per cent in the last two weeks.

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Sindy Valleba waits in line to pick up food for her extended family of 11 at the Los Angeles County 100th drive-through food distribution with L.A. Regional Food Bank during the coronavirus pandemic outside Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Los Angeles […]

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The Million Girls Moonshot initiative aims to help engage girls from underrepresented communities in STEM in collaboration with nonprofit partners.

THE African agricultural sector has shown much resilience over the years, surviving droughts, diseases and sanitation issues. Despite the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and successive lockdowns, the agricultural sector has been a star performer. The sector is likely to increase agricultural exports further this year, on the back of another larger maize harvest. Additionally, favourable seasonal production conditions have boosted the prospects for exportable fruit commodities. However, the lack of certainty around constant power supply has had and continues to have a massive impact on the agricultural sector. Power outages have a negative impact on businesses with warehouses, processing plants, canning factories, cold storages and those reliant on irrigation. Farming operations and seasonal planning have been disrupted by repeated outages. While farmers can do everything in their power to produce good quality, marketable products and the ability to store products at the optimal temperature ultimately determine the quality when it reaches the market. Generators that run for hours to maintain temperature levels translate into an unsustainable additional cost. In addition to load-shedding issues, the cost of electricity supply remains high. The current power supply challenges coupled with ongoing tariff increases present a compelling case for farmers to consider investing in renewable energy alternatives to ensure the sustainability of the sector. Customised solutions are available for the agriculture sector. Farmers Review

Los Angeles Trade Tech and Bank of America today announced a new $1 million jobs initiative partnership to help students of color successfully complete the education and training necessary to enter the workforce and embark on a path to success in Southern California.

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As Latin America and the Caribbean continue to peer tentatively into the coronavirus dark tunnel of uncertainty, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has hit the region with more gloomy news regarding its projected economic performance in the period ahead.

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Twenty-twenty challenged norms and tested patiences. Concert venues closed, cultural routines were abandoned, and the ideas of what it meant to be a performer and audience member were redefined. The […]

Chitungwiza mayor, Lovemore Maiko, has been arrested for alleged abuse of office after he reportedly demoted a district officer to council librarian and allegedly gave the position to his friend. BY RICHARD MPONDE Maiko was arrested on Monday afternoon and is also accused of directing council to stop demolishing illegal structures as well as convening a special council meeting without following procedure. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the arrest of the mayor. “We confirm that the mayor of Chitungwiza Lovemore Maiko was arrested for abuse of office,” Nyathi said. “He allegedly demoted a district officer and assigned him to man the council library. He then took his close associate and gave him the position of the district officer. Cases of corruption are on the increase and police are not leaving any stone unturned in the fight against corruption.” Maiko, who is an MDC Alliance councillor, was arrested in 2019 together with ward 2 councillor Kudakwashe John and works director David Duma on allegations of abuse of office involving the sale of commercial stands. The trio was being charged with criminal abuse of office involving the sale of commercial land at Chigovanyika shopping centre. They later allegedly sold 1 500 square metres of land to the wife of the mayor using a forged council resolution. Maiko and other councillors were allegedly bribed by a suspected MDC top official and sold commercial stands at Chigovanyika on land reserved for a service station without the knowledge of the town clerk, George Makunde. The recommendation to sell the land at Chigovanyika had been shot down by councillors during a full council meeting due to many grey areas, but the trio allegedly proceeded with the sale. In April 2017, government suspended former Chitungwiza mayor Phillip Mutoti and 24 other councillors for allegedly corruptly allocating themselves land worth over $7 million. They were later cleared of the charges. Former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and several top executives were recently arrested over similar charges. lFollow Richard on Twitter @muponderichard

Kiambaa MP-elect John Njuguna Wanjiku prides himself as the firstborn of the \"wheelbarrow\" movement and the hustler nation.

Effective communication between leaders and communities is necessary to control public health crises.

The construction of stadia for domestic football powerhouses Nyasa Big Bullets and Be Forward Wanderers in Blantyre is expected to start this Thursday June 11 2020 soon after President Peter Mutharika presides over the groundbreaking ceremony, government has said.

President Mutharika promised to build the stadia's for the two giants last year and Treasury allocated K1.6 billion (K800 million) each in the 2019/20 National Budget.

The President will tour both sites--near Moneymen along Chikwawa Road for Bullets and Kanjedza Forest near Blantyre Teachers College for the Nomads.

Both Bullets and Wanderers officials have commended President Mutharika for fulfilling his promise and that they were pleased with the state-of-the art designs of their home grounds.

The People'sTeam chief administration officer Albert Chigoga said the country has reached reached a stage where \" all doubters realise the fulfillment of the project\"

Nomads general secretary Victor Maunde said the Lali Lubani Road side is thankful to the President Mutharika and government for living up to the promise.

CityDance Conservatory’s Corbin Holloway, age 13 from Rockville, will be featured on NBC’s \"Little Big Shots\" on Sunday, May 17 at 7 p.m.

The show, hosted by two-time Emmy Award-winning actress Melissa McCarthy, showcases the talents and stories of youth from around the world.

Corbin, who first began dance training at the prestigious Rockville-based CityDance School & Conservatory at seven years old, continues to astound both his instructors and industry professionals for his talent, abilities and achievements which far exceed many within his age group.

Look for our upcoming feature that will include how Corbin did on “Little Big Shots,” how he has continued to train given recent closures of businesses and schools due to the coronavirus pandemic and reflections from Lorraine Spiegler, founding artistic director of the CityDance School & Conservatory and one of Corbin’s teachers and mentors.

Spiegler accompanied Corbin to the filming of “Little Big Shots” in Los Angeles in January.

On December 10, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King became only the second African American (after Ralph Bunche) to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. His acceptance speech appears below.

Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I accept this award on behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice. I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. I am mindful that only yesterday in Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeking to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered. And only yesterday more than 40 houses of worship in the State of Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a sanctuary to those who would not accept segregation. I am mindful that debilitating and grinding poverty afflicts my people and chains them to the lowest rung of the economic ladder.

Therefore, I must ask why this prize is awarded to a movement which is beleaguered and committed to unrelenting struggle; to a movement which has not won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize.

After contemplation, I conclude that this award which I receive on behalf of that movement is a profound recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time - the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression. Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts. Negroes of the United States, following the people of India, have demonstrated that nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. Sooner or later all the

President of the May Pen Chamber of Commerce, Winsome Witter, says urgent attention needs to be paid to a problematic drain in the heart of the town. In an interview with The Gleaner, she referred to the drain as “a disaster waiting to happen” and...

A coalition of United States attorneys general is urging the Joe Biden Administration to withdraw its decision to terminate the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program.

The new partnership between the European Union and the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States has been endorsed by the Council of Ministers of the member countries. The partnership focuses on political, development and trade and will impact the lives of over 1.5 billion people.

FILE PHOTO | Tony Elumelu has urged Kenyans and the general African community to adopt homegrown solutions and support enterprises that engage local populace in economic activities.

Speaking in a virtual New York Forum Institute-convened roundtable Mr Elumelu ( above with President Kenyatta) said the Covid-19 pandemic provides Africans with an opportunity to come up with own solutions for their socio-economic problems.

We need a martial plan that galvanises the entire continent into a major source of solutions that is less dependent on the ‘circularity of debt’ from developed nations,” said Mr Elumelu who is the chairman of the Nigeria-headquartered UBA bank, a pan-African lender with subsidiaries in Kenya and 19 other African countries.

The roundtable attended by Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta, Niger’s Mahamadou Issoufou, Alassane Ouattara(Cote d’Ivoire), Macky Sall (Senegal) and Sierra Leone’s Julius Bio vouched for entrenchment of homegrown solutions that locals relate with easily.

French Montana celebrated his first full year of sobriety after ending up in California hospital ICU in November 2019. He spoke with XXL Magazine to give a rundown of how he ended up there and the positive changes he's made since then.