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Kenya And Tanzania Ratify Covid-19 Border Protocols
Kenya and Tanzania have finally streamlined cross border health protocols to jointly check the spread of the Covid 19 pandemic between the two East African nations.
The Tanzanian delegation led by the Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children of Tanzania, Dorothy Gwajima has visited Kenya to partner with the Kenyan Ministry of Health (MoH) officials to come up with solutions on how to tackle various health issues affecting the two countries, including the Covid-19 pandemic.
Speaking at the event, Cabinet Secretary (CS) Health Mutahi Kagwe, said that the collaboration would provide an opportunity for the two countries to improve the health and the well-being of their citizens.
“With a healthy nation everything is possible but with a sick country there is nothing that can be more fruitful whether in development, politics or even social life.
This visit has been against the backdrop of the debilitating Covid-19 pandemic that has affected the world and our two countries,” said Kagwe.
He added that the ministries for both countries have resolved several issues pertaining to the Covid-19 fight such as cross-border issues that involve citizens of both countries including transport, Covid-19 testing and validation systems for those leaving and entering both countries.
“Our guests will be visiting some of our other facilities to explore the possibility of collaboration in other health aspects,” revealed Kagwe.
While giving her remarks, Gwajima insisted that it was important to find ways in which the pandemic would not affect the people in order for life to continue and economy to thrive by agreeing on actions that would harbor peace within the two countries.
“For future purposes this is not the beginning or end of diseases and we need to learn from this pandemic and correct where we went wrong. We will follow our presidents’ directives and through this collaboration we have become a family and our spirits have been united for future. We can solve all our problems; we have enough solutions, experiences that we can exchange and make East Arica a friendly region,” said Gwajima
Kagwe urged Kenyans to keep following the safety measures put in place by the MoH and Government of Kenya (GoK).
Deputy President William Ruto has vowed to that his government if given the mandate to lead the country in the August 9 polls will deal with hands-on with ‘State capture.’
According to the Presidential candidate, state policies are being used to facilitate the theft of public funds as corruption had been absorbed into government.
DP William Ruto made these calims while speaking to the Reuters in an interview.
“We have no intention of prosecuting President Uhuru Kenyatta, but we have every intention of dealing with State capture. It cannot be business as usual,” the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate said.
DP Ruto’s running mate, Rigathi Gachagua also alluded to said State capture, saying those involved will be dealt with should Kenya Kwanza form the next government.
“We will not go after individuals. We will go after all those in state capture and conflict of interest,” Gachagua said in a joint media broadcast.
The Mathira MP vaguely explained that it was “people in power who have used or are using their offices to use up public resources to their advantage,” when asked who or what State capture was.
The DP has also revealed plans of bringing to end the Kenya’s national debt, which currently stands at Sh9 trillion, in an exclusive interview with international media.
He said the country has the capacity to handle the debt situation, and that they as Kenya Kwanza have mapped out plans of how to go about it, should they win.
“We will put the brakes on more borrowing. It may not come to zero but we will begin the journey to slow down on more borrowing,” the DP said.
Campaigns hit fever pitch and candidates scramble for airtime to sell their agendas with just eighteen (18) days left as Kenya will soon be headed to the General Election.
Sonko has increased the intense in the race for Mombasa county which already has aspirants from the UDA and ODM parties.
Sonko has finally been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to contest for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat.
On Thursday, July 14 2022, Sonko in the accompany of his supporters was given the green light.
The former Nairobi governor was invited by the IEBC to submit his letter for clearance as per a letter addressed to him earlier.
“The venue will be the IEBC Mombasa County offices and you are expected to submit your papers on July 14, 2022 between 2pm and 4pm,” Swalha Ibrahim the returning officer said.
The letter to Sonko came after a high court ruled that the politician doesn’t be disqualified from vying for governor noting that the governor was eligible to run for office. The commission said it could not head to the courts to appeal the decision as time could not allow.
Addressing the media after the clearance, Sonko said his candidature seeks to solve the problems of the people in the Coastal city and that he was bringing a new awakening in the city.
Sonko said he was not worried about the short time time line he has to undertake the campaigns in the large city noting that he was drawing a campaign schedule to begin immediately.
“We must campaign, we have few days but we will utilize them properly. We can do two days per constituency or a day per constituency,” Sonko noted.
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