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Four senior Health Ministry officials in Somalia have been sentenced for up to 18 years in prison over corruption and theft of public money. The officials, who were in custody for over three months, had been arrested in April on charges of embezzling funds donated to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Abdullahi Hashi Ali, Director-General of […]

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Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji, has given a go-ahead for the prosecution of Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado in relation to embezzlement of Kshs. 73.4 million belonging to the county. According to the DPP, Obado indirectly and in conflict of interest, received a benefit totalling to SH 73,474,376,70 from companies and businesses that traded […]

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Corona Virus cases in the country now stand 32,364 as of Sunday, 23rd August, after 246 new cases were recorded after an analysis of 4,179 samples. “Today, 246 people have tested positive from 4,179 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 32,364 the number of confirmed positive cases,” said CS Mutahi Kagwe. Out of the […]

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Ethiopian Attorney General has ordered the immediate release of Journalists Yassin Juma, who has been unlawfully detained in prison for the last 47 days,  citing wrongful arrest. Yassin Juma, who is battling Covid-19, was arrested in the aftermath of the assassination of Oromia musician Hachalu Hundessa and is yet to be charged. In a letter […]

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The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU), South Rift Branch,  has issued a 30-day strike notice for health workers in Nakuru County, over what they are terming as negligence and strained resources amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Secretary-General Davji Atellah, health workers’ have been neglected for so long and they are also facing a […]

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