By Barbara Owano NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua has called for the waiver of government service fees for Kenyans who have lost their property to the recent floods, stating that it is the least the government can do to ease the victims’ burdens. According to Karua, Kenyans are dealing with a crisis that has been imposed upon them, and their lives are at stake because they have to contend with a flood of immoral government policies, including “an El Nino of taxes.” “We are standing here today because there has been significantly insufficient intervention by the Ruto administration, which…
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been confirmed to have died following a helicopter crash in north-western Iran on Sunday, according to state media. Foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several others are also reported to be among the dead. State media says the “hard landing” happened as hard-line cleric President Raisi was making his way to the city of Tabriz, after returning from the border with Azerbaijan. Before their deaths were confirmed, vigils took place in the capital, Tehran, with pictures showing people kneeling in prayer. What happens next The constitution of the Islamic Republic has a straightforward remedy for instances…
By Barbara Owano Kenya has received 450,000 doses of self-injectable contraceptives from the United Kingdom in an effort to improve family planning for sexually active women. The Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA-SC) contraceptives procured by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with over Sh57 million (£348,000) funding from the UK government will be distributed to health facilities across the country by the Ministry of Health. According to the UN agency, DMPA-SC is a user-friendly injectable contraceptive that can be administered by trained individuals, including community health workers and women themselves. The Acting Director General of Health Dr.Patrick Okoth while receiving supplies at…
