Thursday 23rd July 2020 In bits………….by Webster Wechuli
?Senate fails yet again to approve a formula by the Revenue Allocation Commission for counties’ cash. The debate was pushed to next Tuesday. Meanwhile, Nairobi Senator Sakaja files an alternative formula for allocation of revenue to counties after the Senate failed to pass resolution.
?Kenya records 796 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours from a sample of 6,745 raising the toll to 15,601. 378 more patients recover, bringing the total number of recoveries to 7,135 as three more die bringing the total number of deaths from the virus in Kenya to 263
?High Court bars police from arresting Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa, orders him to appear before the Kajiado Chief Magistrate on August 8th to take plea over a matatu sale dispute
?Nairobi Clerk Jacob Ngwele returns to his office after months of being locked out by Speaker Elachi. EACC affirmed that he is in office legally. This has led to fresh wrangles at City Hall as Nairobi County Speaker Elachi vows to reject the reinstatement of the Clerk.
?KNCCI endorses CS Amina Mohammed for the World Trade Organisation post. Ngatia says her candidature is key to trade liberalization and multilateral negotiation
?Fire razes thousands of hectares at Tsavo West National Park. The inferno is the second in under a month in the area.
?EACC detectives arrest five senior Nandi County officials over misappropriation of Sh19 million in a water supply tender
?Court orders NYS-1 suspects to forfeit a house in Kasarani, a parcel of land in Ruiru and four Prados.
?Government Chemist says analysis done on cigarette butts found at the scene of the Willy Kimani murder in Ol Donyo Sabuk match the DNA profile of suspect Peter Ngugi.
?Police allowed to detain Shem Lwanga in the murder of Sheila Njeri in Kilimani, after autopsy report shows that she was sexually assaulted before she died
?A Police Officer was charged with the murder in Kisii for shooting a man who had no mask in Rioma market on July 5th
?Gospel artist Ruth Matete buried her Nigerian husband at Nairobi’s Langata cemetery today after a prolonged dispute.
?South Africa records 572 Covid-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing fatalities to 5,940, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says.
?Ethiopian Government restores full internet access three weeks after shutdown following protests over killing of prominent Oromo singer.
?Former 1,500 metres world champion Elijah Manang’oi suspended for anti-doping violation
FACTS:–
1. Kibera in Nairobi, is the largest urban slum in Africa and the second largest slum in the world. It hosts about 1 million slum dwellers. Only about 20% of Kibera has electricity
2. Some of the estates in Nairobi started as farms. Karen was a coffee farm,Donholm was a dairy farm, Ridgeways was a farm and Muthaiga was a dairy farm as well.
3. Isaias Afwerki is the only President Eritrea has ever had. Since Independence from Ethiopia in 1993, Eritrea has never held elections. In 2008, president Afwerki stated in an interview with Al Jazeera that Eritreans will wait for about 40 years before holding an election ??.
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