In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, China sought to block news of the rapidly spreading virus, detaining those who tried to speak out. But in the months that followed, as the pandemic ravaged families and economies worldwide, Beijing sought to reset its public image through foreign media, research published Wednesday by the International…
200 Nairobi Hospital staff face sack after court nod
Thursday May 13 2021
The Nairobi Hospital entrance. The hospital said it has been struggling financially like other institutions hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By NASIBO KABALE
Summary
A judge has cleared the way for Nairobi Hospital to fire more than 200 employees in a move aimed at cutting costs and clearing out staff implicated in a recent graft audit.
The premier hospital wants to fire workers who either performed poorly or had been involved in unethical practices that were exposed in the recent forensic audit.
A judge has cleared the way for Nairobi Hospital to fire more than 200 employees in a move aimed at cutting costs and clearing out staff implicated in a recent graft audit.
Covid 19 coronavirus: When Covid hit, China was ready to tell its version of the story
11 May, 2021 02:41 AM
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Under Xi Jinping China has inserted money, power and perspective into the media in almost every country in the world. Photo / AP
Under Xi Jinping China has inserted money, power and perspective into the media in almost every country in the world. Photo / AP
New York Times
By: Ben Smith
The government has been using its money and power to create an alternative to a global news media dominated by outlets like the BBC and CNN. In the fall of 2019, just before global borders
Ben Smith, The New York Times
Published: 10 May 2021 11:43 AM BdST
Updated: 10 May 2021 11:44 AM BdST A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping attending a video summit on climate change with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, at a shopping street in Beijing, China April 16, 2021. REUTERS
In the fall of 2019, just before global borders closed, an international journalists’ association decided to canvass its members about a subject that kept coming up in informal conversations: What is China doing? );
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What it found was astonishing in its scope. Journalists from countries as tiny as Guinea-Bissau had been invited to sign agreements with their Chinese counterparts. The Chinese government was distributing versions of its propaganda newspaper China Daily in English and also Serbian. A Filipino journalist estimated that more than half of the stories on a Philippines newswire came from the Chinese state agen
Dr Chibanzi Mwachonda loses KMPDU secretary general post
HEALTH & SCIENCE
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union has voted out Dr Chibanzi Mwachonda as its secretary-general.
Following the elections held today, Dr Mwachonda will now be replaced by Dr Ouma Davji, who secured 36 per cent of the votes. Dr Mwachonda came third after having garneerd 15.5 per cent of the votes.
The incoming national chairperson is Dr Abidan Muchuma, who secured 36.6 per cent of the vote, followed by Benjamin Magare with 32.1 per cent.
The union s new vice-chairperson is Dr David Mundia who garnered 45.6 per cent of the vote.
Some of Dr Mwachonda’s highlights as secretary-general were characterized by calls to the government to review the plight of healthcare workers amid the ongoing pandemic.