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Shining Hope for Communities has been recognised at the second quality healthcare Kenyan awards after it emerged top in its category to win the award of excellence in improving access to primary healthcare services.
On what was World Health Day, the awards ceremony, held virtually on Wednesday, saw Shining Hope for Communities (Shofco) emerge ahead of rivals Tharaka Nithi County and Penda Health to win the award in the category.
The theme of the awards was
Measuring Healthcare Quality for System Improvement and it is here that SHOFCO excelled due to their efforts in improving access to primary healthcare to the urban poor.
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Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi. [File, Standard.]
The National Assembly will reconvene for a special sitting once the BBI report is ready.
According to the Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi, the House will reconvene as soon as the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee is ready to table the report.
Muturi said the bill was to be presented on April 1 but had to wait after the House adjourned its sittings in measures to contain a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases. I have not received any request for a special sitting from any quarter. Standing orders are clear, it is the Leader of the Minority or Majority who may request the speaker, for reasons to be stated. And If the speaker is satisfied with the reasons advanced, necessitate the calling of a special sitting, said Muturi
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April 8th 2021 at 12:46:08 GMT +0300
Swollen river.
A family is heartbroken in Iria Itune-na Konyo village, Kamaindi, Tharaka Nithi County after six-year-old twins drowned in a flooded river on Wednesday.
According to Kamaindi sub-location Assistant Chief Mwikari Kirema, the pair, a boy and a girl, were taking a swim at river Konyo-Mukuyu when they were swept away.
Kirema said the river swelled following heavy rains in the area.
“Children are used to playing in the river. The rains, were, however, heavy and they swam in a flooded section,” said Kirema.
They had accompanied their mother, Kagendo wa Kirambi, to graze goats and decided to take a swim but were, however, caught in a current and swept under.
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