India’s English daily stops IPL 2021 coverage during Covid Pandemic
In such a tragic time, we find it incongruous that the festival of cricket is on in India, with layers of bio bubbles creating protection, the newspaper said
Sunday April 25, 2021 3:50 PM, ummid.com News Network
Mumbai: The New Indian Express, one of India’s leading English daily, has stopped the coverage of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in solidarity with the people in India who are going through immense pain and sufferings because of the “The rush at crematoriums is heart breaking. Most of us already have friends or relatives who have succumbed to Covid-19 or are battling for life”, the editors wrote in a note posted on Twitter.
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Uasin Gishu County Assembly during the debate of the Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2020. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]
The blame-game on who bears responsibility for the typographic errors and counter referencing of non-existent Articles in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum Bill has now sucked in the county assemblies.
Several county assembly speakers who spoke to
The Sunday Standard confirmed receiving a hard copy from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chair Wafula Chebukati, alongside its certificate for the referendum drive.
This emerged even as the joint parliamentary committee of the Justice and Legal Affairs turned the heat on the IEBC that transmitted the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to counties in January, a day after the latter shifted blame to the proponents.
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19th April 2021
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over Botswana recent repatriation of Zimbabwean political refugees from Dukwi Refugee Camp.
Sunday Standard understands that the UNHCR is unhappy with Botswana’s decision to force the refugees and other Zimbabweans in need of international protection to return home.
Reports show that some of the refugees fled their country in 2008 following an outbreak of political violence that reportedly followed Mugabe’s alleged defeat at the hands of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by the late Morgan Tsvangirai.
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki brokered a power sharing deal but Tsvangirai reportedly pulled out of it as violence escalated during the next elections.
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Deputy President William Ruto with ODM Party leader Raila Odinga during the burial of Mzee Abel Gongera, father to Kisii County Joash Maangi at the Tendere Secondary School grounds, Gucha, Kisii County on February 01, 2021. [DPPS]
Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga’s political clout is expected to shape the 2022 succession matrix.
With solid support in their home turfs, fanatical following and national presence, the DP and Raila are well-placed to be kings or kingmakers in the quest to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Aggressive, focused but subdued by the power play in Jubilee that has clipped his clout, Ruto’s charm is attracting leaders seeking to re-align themselves politically ahead of the 2022 General Election.