The MCAs through a procedural motion tabled by the Majority Leader Harris Keke unanimously resolved not to adjourn with the rest of the counties and national Parliament.
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Judah Ben-Hur |
December 15th 2020 at 10:48:55 GMT +0300
Residents of Wundanyi-Mbale line up to cast their vote early on Tuesday. [Standard]
Wundanyi-Mbale Ward electorates in Taita-Taveta County took to the ballot to elect a new ward representative on Tuesday morning.
The seat, which has attracted the interest of country’s leading political parties fell vacant after the death of former MCA Beatrice Mwabili in late March 2020.
The voters streamed to different polling stations while following all the necessary Covid-19 protocols of temperature checks, social distance, wearing masks and sanitising.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced that voters would be required to strictly follow the containment measures during the exercise.
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pictured) has slammed the government for ignoring the plight of health workers even as Covid-19 pandemic spreads.
He accused the Ministry of Health of turning a deaf ear to the pleas from doctors, nurses and other health practitioners at a time coronavirus cases are surging.
“We cannot have a government where leaders are just giving empty promises to the front line workers in the health sector, especially during this trying moment where as a country we are facing a health crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Mudavadi.
He called for quick remedies to reduce the risk of plunging the country’s health sector into an uncertain crisis.