THE Netherlands has hailed President John Magufuli’s anticorruption war, describing it as a major boost to trade and investment in the country.
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Dutch envoy gives kudos to JPM administration
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Mbeya police arrest two suspected poachers
Kenya polls cripple EAC heads of state summit talks
Call for African women to be involved in global fund
Juliana Rotich, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of BRCK and Ushahidi. file photo | nmg
Kenya has called for inclusion of African women in the process of setting up a global fund targeting female entrepreneurs.
Kenya’s
representative to this year’s Women20 Summit held in Berlin, Germany,
Juliana Rotich said
Staggering $600m needed to fight deadly fall armyworm plague
Armyworm invasion: The African armyworm is capable of destroying whole crops in a few days. PHOTO | AFP | CABI
By NJIRAINI MUCHIRA
In Summary
- In a span of five months after first being detected in Zambia in December, the voracious worm has spread through most of the Southern and East Africa where it is destroying thousands of hectares of maize crop, the staple food in many of these countries.
- The damage is just beginning, considering the pest is expected to spread in intensity and geographical coverage and comes in the aftermath of a severe drought that has left over 40 million people in the region facing food insecurity.
- Already about 420,000 hectares of maize crop in Southern and East Africa has been destroyed.
- In Zambia the pest has so far invaded 90,000 hectares of maize, in Malawi 17,000, Zimbabwe 130,000 and Namibia 50,000.
- In East Africa, the fall armyworm has already eaten through more than 15,300 hectares of maize in Rwanda and between 11,000 and 15,000 hectares in Kenya.
Telcos turn up Labour Day competition with data offers
Members of the public take advantage of free WIFI at a hotspot Kisumu. FILE PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NMG
Hair loss prevention device to soon hit Kenyan market
A cancer survivor tries on a wig donated by the Kenya Cancer
Association: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in
Kenya. FILE PHOTO | EMMA NZIOKA
Summary
- Early this year, results of a study showed that the cooling technology prevents absorption of chemicals used in chemotherapy that lead to hair loss.
- The technology got approval from the US Food and Drug administration (FDA) to market the product this month.
- Paxman Company says it has identified a South African partner to help make it available to patients in Kenya.
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