@SafaricomPLC's Kes100 million food donation is expected to provide immediate relief to over 20,000 households in Marsabit County which is one of the worst hit by the prevailing drought #PamojaTuungane
Other counties where populations are facing acute hunger are: Sumburu, Turkana, Wajir, Baringo, Isiolo, and Mandera #PamojaTuungane
@SafaricomPLC is leading a host of other corporates in raising funds for the purchase of food to over 3 millions Kenyans who are grappling with the worst drought in roughly 40 years #PamojaTuungane
Kenya's economic mainstay is agriculture, which is rain-fed, making it vulnerable to extreme weather patterns such as climate change #PamojaTuungane
According to government data, residents of Kwale, Kitui, Garissa, Meru North, Nyeri (Kieni), Laikipia, Kilifi and West Pokot have also been adversely affected by three consecutive seasons of failed rains #PamojaTuungane
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#PamojaTuungane initiative come after the National Drought Management Authority called for provision of food assistance and scaling up of cash transfers to households in 23 counties who are currently food insecure. You can help by dialing *126#
Marsabit is one of the worst affected zones as over 250,000 people are already in dire need of food #PamojaTuungane
Supermarket chain @naivas has food hampers that one can buy to donate to #PamojaTuungane initiative
The government owed Shell licensee Vivo Energy Kenya Sh3.5 billion ($31 million) for the fuel subsidy scheme in the year ended December, highlighting the State’s struggles to pay oil marketers for keeping pump prices unchanged ~ @BD_Africa
The oil marketer’s parent company, Vivo Energy Group Plc disclosed the arrears in its annual report for the period under review. The arrears are under the line ‘other government benefits receivable’
Kenya has since April last year been paying marketers to keep diesel, petrol, and kerosene prices unchanged at the back of a global rally in crude that increased the shipping costs of refined fuel
The salaries agency wants to survey the earnings of health workers in select countries and use the findings to review the pay of their Kenyan counterparts amid a clamour for a raise ~ @BD_Africa
The survey will sample 20 countries — in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia- selected based on justification such as those that Kenya loses her health workers to, said SRC in a notice
The selection of countries for benchmarking will also be based on those with good health systems as per recent ranking by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
China’s exports rose 15.7% over a year ago in March while imports were flat amid disruption due to coronavirus outbreaks as the ruling Communist Party enforces a “zero-COVID” strategy to isolate every case ~ AP
Exports rose to $276.1 billion despite anti-virus controls in Shanghai and other industrial centers that are causing factories to reduce production, customs data showed Wednesday. Imports rose less than 1% to $228.7 billion
China’s infection numbers are relatively low, but the “zero-COVID” strategy has confined most of Shanghai’s 25 million people to their homes since late March and suspended access to other manufacturing centers
Sam Onyango is a budding songwriter and singer who’s trying to carve a career in music and he reckons YouTube is his likely path to fame and success #SafaricomYouthOrchestrabit.ly/3ObucFB
At #SafaricomYouthOrchestra, Sam has perfected playing trumpet and French horn instruments, a skill that he’s banking on to build his career in music
I have been playing the trumpet for seven years and the French horn for two years practicing at Ghetto Classics in Korogocho, Nairobi ~ Sam Onyango #SafaricomYouthOrchestra
The future of Kenya’s Turkana oil project is dependent on the British oil explorer Tullow and its partners getting a strategic investor, the firm has disclosed ~ @BD_Africa
Failure to secure a strategic investor would deal a blow to Kenya’s hopes of petro-dollars needed to fuel economic growth as the project would face an uncertain future, the London listed Tullow now says
Failure to secure a strategic partner would impact our ability to progress the Kenya project to final investment decision and unlock value, says Tullow