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Police destroy over 560Kgs of marijuana in Makueni county
Over 560 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa, commonly known as marijuana, was destroyed in Makindu, Makueni County in a significant effort to combat drug trafficking.
The exercise was presided over by the Makindu Law Courts Senior Principal Magistrate, J.B. Ireri, and witnessed by senior county security officials, detectives from the DCI anti-narcotics unit, media, and members of the public.
The weed was set ablaze yesterday afternoon.
Rotavirus outbreak in Mombasa; 3 test positive, Mombasa governor says
Mombasa County government has sounded an alarm following the outbreak of a deadly Rotavirus causing severe diarrhoea to children reported at the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital (CGTRH).
Mombasa governor Abdulswamad Nasir reported that out of 75 samples collected by medics at the coast general hospital and tested at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) three patients tested positive for the virus.
Speaking at a media briefing flanked by public health officers Nassir said the county has embarked on immediate measures including the employment of 54 nurses to be deployed at various hospitals as well as putting, all Mombasa county community health volunteers CHV’s under stipend till July this year.
Azimio to hold public barazas at Kamukunji grounds ahead of talks with government
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party is set to begin holding town hall meetings and public barazas even as bipartisan talks with the government are expected to commence.
In a statement on Tuesday, the party executive Council Chairman Wycliffe Oparanya said the first baraza will be held on Sunday, April 16 at the Kamukunji Grounds.
“The purpose of the town hall meetings and public barazas is to enable the party explain to the people where we are and the upcoming course of action following the suspension of protests,” Oparanya said.
“The letter and spirit of fidelity to multipartiysm must be entrenched in the ongoing negotiations.”
He added that the party is calling for a transparent process that engages all the issues in the country including the high cost of living and electoral injustices.
Both sides, Azimio and Kenya Kwanza have fronted their team of negotiators in the anticipated talks.
Kenya Kwanza’s team includes; Bonny Khalwale (Senator, Kakamega), George Murugara(MP, Tharaka), Essy Okenyuri (Nominated Senator).
Others are Mwengi Mutuse (MP, Kibwezi West), Lydia Haika (Women Rep. Taita Taveta), Hillary Sigei (Senator, Bomet) and Adan Keynan (MP, Eldas)
IMF agrees $262 million loan for Burundi
The International Monetary Fund said it has agreed to a $261.7 million loan for Burundi, its first in eight years, in a bid to bolster economic recovery and reforms.
The “staff-level agreement” for a 40-month credit facility for the poverty-stricken central African nation followed a visit by an IMF team to Burundi’s economic capital Bujumbura in February.
It aims to “support a push to restore external sustainability, strengthen debt sustainability while supporting economic recovery from shocks and creating fiscal space for accelerated and inclusive growth”, the IMF said in a statement late Monday.
The facility, the first since 2015, still requires the approval of IMF management, it added.
Burundi has been suffering economic malaise since a deadly political crisis in 2015, with a lack of foreign exchange and shortages of basic goods.