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MUTUA TO BUILD AIRPORT AT NEW MACHAKOS TOWN

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Machakos County Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua approached Nema for approval to build an airport in Machakos town to boost regional trade and tourism. Located at Muvuti-Kiima-Kimwe Ward within the proposed New Machakos town, the Machakos Airport will sit on 104 hectares – about 8.5% of the planned 892-hectare town. The project involves construction of a taxiway, passenger and presidential terminals, as well as a 1.35km runway, and other amenities such as link roads and a water treatment plant. “The runway will be 1350m long and 45m wide. At both ends of the runway, a stop way will be constructed. The runway shoulders will be 7.5m wide and a Runway End Safety Area (RESA) of 180m length and 160m width will be provided at both ends of the runway,” Machakos says in its project report. The Machakos Airport’s passenger terminal, the airfield’s main terminal, will comprise 10 check-in counters, six security check points, 10 gates, six passenger boarding bridges, and immigration counters for arrival...
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A look into Kenya's traffic menace?

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 As of November 8, according to statistics released by the National Transport and Safety Authority, 2,387 people had lost their lives on our roads. In its 2015 Global Status Report on Road Safety, the World Health Organisation shows Kenya’s roads are amongst the most dangerous in the world claiming an average of 29.1 lives per 100,000 people. By comparison, Norway, which has significantly more cars on its roads had just a tenth of Kenya’s average fatalities per 100,000. Road crashes are among the top ten killers of Kenyans, account for between 45 and 60 percent of all admissions to surgical wards and cost the country up to 5 percent of GDP. It’s not all doom and gloom though. While the number of registered vehicles on the roads nearly doubled between 2008 and 2012, from just over 1 million to just under 1.8 million according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the total number of both accidents and victims actually fell by about half says the 2015 study Analysis of Causes ...
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NAIROBI EXPRESSWAY

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In mid-October 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the Nairobi Expressway. The expressway is a 27 Km four lane dual carriage way, which runs along the median strips of Mombasa Road (starting at Mlolongo), Uhuru Highway and Waiyaki Way, (terminating at James Gichuru Road). It is to be tolled and will have ten interchanges. The KShs. 62 Billion development is to be undertaken as a Public Private Partnership with the China Road and Bridge Construction Corporation (Kenya) (CRBC) on a build-operate-transfer model. That is, the concessionaire, CRBC, will finance, build and operate the tolled road for 30 years during which it will recover its costs (with interest) before transferring its operation to the Kenyan National Highways Authority (KeNHA).  When finished, it will be a 27km (17-mile) highway, some of it elevated, that will connect Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the east of the city to the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in the west. The $550m (£410m) project is set to dramatical...
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Safaricom Introduces e-SIM Support

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e-Sim support has been introduced into the Kenyan market by Kenya's biggest communications provider.This is something a significant number of Kenyans have been asking of the network provider. Though it has seemingly taken forever, the feature is now available. If your phone supports eSIMs, it is time for you to finally set it up. The telco isn’t the first in the country to introduce eSIM support, however. Back in January this year, Jamii Telecom’s Faiba 4G became the first network provider to bring eSIM support in the country. Here’s a guide on how to get Faiba 4G’s eSIM. eSIM is short for an Embedded Subscriber Identity Module, or simply an Embedded SIM card. A couple of high-end smartphones have an embedded SIM card within their phone which they can activate at any time with network settings for whichever network they so wish. With an eSIM, all you need is some Profile Settings, and you’re ready to use a particular network. Mainly, such profile settings are provided by the carrie...
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Fauci Asks China To Release Records On Wuhan Lab Workers.

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Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged as the result of a lab leak, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. "I would like to see the medical records of the three people who are reported to have got sick in 2019. Did they really get sick, and if so, what did they get sick with?" the reportquoted Fauci as saying about three of the nine. The origin of the virus is hotly contested, with U.S. intelligence agencies still examining reports that researchers at a Chinese virology laboratory in Wuhan were seriously ill in 2019 a month before the first COVID-19 cases were reported. However, Chinese scientists and officials have consistently rejected the lab leak hypothesis, saying the virus could have been circulating in other regions before it hit Wuhan and might have even entered China through imported frozen food shipments or w...
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Kambua: Losing baby was ‘tough’

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The Nishikilie hitmaker Kambua Mathu says losing her newborn baby has provided her with the toughest challenge, yet. She came out four months after losing her baby to a short illness. She spoke on the journey of healing she’s been going through which has been possible through prayer and divine intervention from God. “Love lifts. Love has truly lifted me, from a place of deep pain & despair. The love of God, my keeper… The love of each and every one of you who cried with me held me, prayed for me and my family,” she wrote on Instagram. Kambua also acknowledged her friends and family who have stood by her through the difficult moments. Losing a child she says is never easy but she’s accepted the will of God. “I can never thank you enough for walking this journey with us, with all its briars and thorns. Every single call, text, gift, visit, prayer, have all worked together to steadily lift and set me on a path to healing. I thank you! I love you all SO much,” said Kambua. “I am so...
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Aguero to Barcelona Confirmed!

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 Barcelona confirmed Sergio Aguero's arrival with a short statement on their official website. [ Click here to view Barcelona Website. ]  Aguero will join on a two-year deal, with a handsome buy-out clause inserted to his deal. "FC Barcelona and Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero have reached an agreement for the player to join the club from 1 July when his contract with Manchester City expires.  "The player will sign a contract until the end of the 2022/23 season and his buy-out clause is set at 100 million euros." Aguero will be presented to the media at a press conference at 6pm, UK time.  Aguero didn't have the Champions League final send-off he hoped for but Sergio Aguero certainly signed off from the Premier League in style, scoring twice as the champions thrashed Everton 5-0.  City announced on March 29 that Aguero's contract would not be renewed, ending a 10-year stint at the club, and Pep Guardiola had let slip after the final day of the Premier League that the Nou...
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Somaliland Decides!

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V oters in Somaliland are today casting their ballot in parliamentary and local elections. More than 1 million people, a record number in Somaliland, have registered to vote. The previous presidential election in November 2017 recorded just over 700,000 registered voters, according to government figures.  In this year’s elections, 246 candidates are gunning for 82 parliamentary seats while 966 are vying for 249 district municipality seats in the republic’s six regions. The region has invited international observers for the elections, including political figures from elsewhere in Africa. More than one hundred international observers including Uganda’s former opposition leader, Kizza Besigye and ex-president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Korma are in Somaliland keeping an eye on proceedings. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but no country has recognised the region. Despite lacking international recognition, Somaliland has maintained its own independent government, currency an...
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