Kirinyaga teachers cite lack of water, masks spacing for social distancing and lack of teachers. AS IT SHOULD BE: Lessons at Mwingi Primary School on Monday, October 12, in an advance reopening test.Image: LINAH MUSANGI Teachers in Kirinyaga say the government has failed to put in place measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 when schools reopen […]
President Kagame of Rwanda laud a number of achievements in 2020. According to Kagame Rwanda constructed over 22,000 classrooms across the country, which enabled learners to restart learning while observing social distance. Agricultural productivity maintained a good pace in the wake of pandemic period with more than $400 million earned from agricultural exports. Over 5,000 […]
45.9pc of formal workers take home Sh1,000 a day with only 2.9pc of employees earning more than Sh100,000 a month. Nearly half of workers in the formal sector earn less than Sh30,000 per month, reflecting Kenya’s pay inequality and the burden households face in acquiring basic items like rent and food. The Kenya National Bureau […]
Head teachers have cautioned schools are ill-prepared to reopen next Monday, citing congestion in primary schools and warning of chaos if funds are not provided urgently for Covid-19 precautions. They want primary schools allowed to adopt a shift system to ensure compliance with strict health protocols on social distancing to curb the spread of coronavirus, […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha now says his ministry is facing a shortage of one million face masks to for children from poor backgrounds ahead of schools’ re-opening next Monday. The masks are meant for children whose parents cannot afford the safety gear. “Out of the three million children identified by the government, we […]
(Reuters) Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has won a second four-year term in office, the election commission said on Wednesday, following a tightly contested vote that was tainted by violence in which five people died. Akufo-Addo fended off a hard-fought challenge from his predecessor winning 51.59% of the vote against old rival John Mahama with 47.37%. […]
Health sector in Kenya is facing crisis as nurses and clinical officers at public hospitals went on strike amid rising coronavirus cases in the country. The striking workers announced they will strike last week due to lack of both protective gear and health insurance. So far 30 doctors, 10 clinical officers and 26 nurses have […]
The ministry of education and vice chancellors of public universities are recommending a proposal to stop enrollment of government sponsored students into private universities. If the proposal become into effect, most of the 34 private universities will either close down or scale down their operations as significant portion of their bugdet is supported through the […]
Some 1.9m people infected with Covid-19 have recovered and death toll stands at 53,543. The number of confirmed Covid 19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,248,269 as of Sunday afternoon, the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Sunday. The death related to Covid 19 stood at 53,543, according […]