Voting in Northland Regional Council byelection begins on January 26
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Voting in the byelection for the Northland Regional Council s Whangārei Urban seat will start on January 26.
Voting in the byelection for the Northland Regional Council s Whangārei Urban seat will start on January 26.
Northern Advocate
Voting in the byelection for the Northland Regional Council s Whangārei Urban seat will start on January 26, which is when voting papers are sent out.
The byelection - expected to cost around $80,000 - was called after the seat was left vacant by the resignation of former Northland Regional Councillor John Bain late last year.
Rangitīkei byelection: Coral Raukawa looking to bring experience and ideas
14 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Rangitīkei District Council Southern ward by-election candidate Carol Raukawa. Photo / Supplied
Marton s Coral Raukawa isn t new to the council process, nor is she new to running in an election, but she s hoping the public feels her voice would be the best suited to sit around the council table.
Raukawa is a candidate in the Rangitīkei District Council Southern ward by-election and says she brings a distinct and unique voice to Rangitikei s most important body.
With a 20-year background in education and training, Raukawa said her experience within the community qualified her for the job.
Ms Kavindu is the former wife of former Machakos Senator Johnson Muthama.
At a ceremony presided over by Mr Musyoka at the party’s Karen offices in Nairobi Wednesday morning, Ms Kavindu was given the Wiper ticket to battle it out with other candidates, including one who will be fielded by her former husband’s party.
Speaking after receiving the Wiper certificate on Wednesday morning, Ms Kavindu said she left the Jubilee Party with the blessings of the party leader .
Sources told the
Nation that at first, Wiper wanted to field Jennifer Mueni Kabaka one of the widows of former Senator Boniface Kabaka but changed its mind in favour of Mr Muthama’s former wife.
By Lee Kyung-min
A ban on short-selling, an emergency measure put in place in March 2020 to help create a floor for the then-plummeting stock market at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, is increasingly becoming a political issue ahead of the upcoming by-elections in April.
Ruling party lawmakers are stepping up their push for an extension of the ban set to expire March 15, despite Monday s announcement by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) that made clear it will allow the resumption of the financial investment method.
Whether the financial authorities will make a policy course correction remains to be seen as the FSC has yet to produce any material improvement in strengthening the punishment for illegal short-selling and granting greater accessibility for individual investors to the financial investment method.