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ZAMBIA: Bishop Phiri Bans Politicians from Campaigning in Churches By Njoki Githinji NDOLA, JUNE 4, 2021(CISA)-Rt. Rev. Benjamin Phiri bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ndola has issued a decree that all politicians who visit churches during the campaign period should neither be given preferential treatment nor a chance to address faithful during Mass, or within church premises. “As political campaigns heighten, we surely expect an increase of visits of those seeking election to various political offices to our churches… I therefore direct that when such visits occur, those seeking political offices should be treated as any other ordinary Christian coming to worship. At no time should they be accorded a chance to speak to the gathered faithful during Mass at the pulpit nor should they be given audience outside Mass to speak to the parishioners within the parish premises,” he said in a June 3 Memo. ....
KENYA: Clerics Condemn Attack of Judges after BBI Ruling cisanewsafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cisanewsafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MADAGASCAR: UNOCHA Calls for International Intervention as Country Faces Severe Drought By Njoki Githinji GRAND SUD, MAY 11, 2021(CISA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has reported that the humanitarian crisis in the Grand Sud which is experiencing its most acute drought in 40 years is deteriorating rapidly. “More than 1.1 million people, or two in every five people, are severely food insecure. The situation is expected to deteriorate in the months ahead. Alarmingly, in Amboasary Atsimo district, about 75 per cent of the population is facing severe hunger, with nearly 14,000 people catastrophically food insecure (IPC 5) and in famine-like condition,” UNOCHA reported May 7. ....
KENYA: Journalists Urged to take on their Watchdog Role as World Marks Press Freedom Day By Njoki Githinji NAIROBI, MAY 4, 2021 (CISA)-Hon. Justin Muturi, Speaker of the National Assembly has challenged journalists to hold all the civil servants and public officials accountable on behalf of the people. “As the Fourth Estate, you need to hold all of us in public office accountable on behalf of the people. You tell us whenever you think we are betraying the country; you celebrate us when we do something great, and you also set the agenda for us,” he said. Hon Muturi was speaking May 3, during the World Press Freedom Day 2021 commemoration where he was the chief guest. ....
By Njoki Githinji RUMBEK, MAY 4, 2021 (CISA)-The Apostolic Nunciature to South Sudan has postponed the consecration ceremony of the bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, Monsignor Christian Carlassare indefinitely. “After the incidents in the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, I on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan and in collaboration with the Papal Nuncio to South Sudan H.G Bert Van Megen, and Charge D’ affaires Msgr. Mark Kadima would like to inform the public that the date of the consecration of Bp elected Christian Carlassare is postponed until a later date, which will be fixed as soon as he recovers from the physical and traumatic wounds,” reads a May 2 statement by Archbishop Stephen Ameyu of Juba. ....