Varsities resume learning 6 months after closure

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October 6, 2020

download (10) — FILE PHOTO: A security person points as he orders quarantined travellers protesting being held because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak for more than the usual 14 days at Kenyatta University near Nairobi, Kenya, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Universities and colleges have begun administering classes. to comply with a directive by the Ministry of Education to have normal classes resume.

So far, a spotcheck by Uzalendo News confirmed that final year students have been granted first priority in many institutions.

Kisii University admitted its final year students and first year students , while Pwani University, confirmed that 400 students have resumed physical learning.

The Technical University of Mombasa (TUM), which was used as a major COVID-19 center by the Coast General Hospital, revealed it had already received 1,500 final year students.

“We are bringing them in intervals of one month, after that we will bring third years and then the rest will follow depending on the situation,” he detailed.

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Juja, Thika Technical Training Institute, Mount Kenya University, the Kenya Coast National Polytechnic and the Shanzu Teachers Training College also reported high numbers on their first day.

The returning students are now faced with new measures to ensure that capacity in the hostels are reduced.

Other institutions have also come up with a COVID-19 contact form that will register temperatures and ensure that positive cases are channelled correctly to the Health Agencies.

Kenya on October 5th, 2020, recorded 22 new Covid-19 infections bringing the total to 39,449, while the death toll rose to 735.

Trump’s triumphant return to the White House criticized

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Dan Ojumah

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October 6, 2020

President Donald Trump staged a bizarre White House comeback that included an irresponsible mask removal and a reckless pronouncement there is nothing to fear from Covid-19.

“I knew there’s danger to it but I had to do it,” Trump says in a strange campaign video whipped up by aides within an hour of his return to the White House, in which the President framed himself as a warrior who took on the virus and won.

I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020

Trump said in a tweet that he “felt better than he did 20 years ago” and showed no sign that his brush with a serious disease had caused him to rethink his previous messaging.

In a poll held after Trump’s diagnosis, 69% of those asked said they trusted little of what they heard from the White House about the President’s health.

Sean Conley said that though Trump was in the uncharted territory following the rare administration of several experimental medications, his clinical team agreed that he could go home to be monitored by the White House medical unit.

Conley’s briefing appeared at several points to support Trump’s political narrative, as when he declared “he’s back” and that the President was “holding court” and had been a “phenomenal patient.”

He justified not sharing information that could potentially be politically damaging to Trump — such as details of his lung function and whether he had pneumonia — on privacy grounds.

The selective disclosures about Trump’s health during the briefing mirrored the awkward display of his return from the hospital as another moment once considered separate from politics.

Iria: No political rallies in Murang’a without my permission

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Dan Ojumah

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October 6, 2020

Murang’a Governor Mwangi Wa Iria has declared that no political meetings will be held without his express approval.

Iria, who issued his directive in a document named ‘Murang’a County declaration of 05/10/2020’, said that only the President will be exempted.

He went on to further warn that any fundraisers will be officiated by himself, and/or his Senator Irungu Kang’ata.

“All political meetings, fundraisers involving outsiders shall have one uniform master of ceremony who will be Governor Mwangi Wa Iria, and in his absence, Senator Irungu Kang’ata or Woman representative Sabina Chege.”

The future presidential hopeful cited illicit relations between legislators Ndindi Nyoro and their rivals have a history of violence in Murang’a.

“There is a history of political violence by two members of Parliament from Murang’a County, Hon Ndindi Nyoro and Hon Alice Wahome. Henceforth, All development projects by the National Government shall be conducted in one central office that shall be opened in Kandara Constituency and Kiharu Constituency respectively by Governor Mwangi Wa Iria,” read the declaration.

The remarks come hardly a day after violence rocked the Kenol area in Murang’a county, where Deputy President William Ruto was invited to a church fundraiser.

Two people died in the violent clashes.

Leaders; Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and his counterpart were summoned by the DCI, to assist police officers in investigations regarding the planned violence.

Dongo Kundu residents appeal to Uhuru over land

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Dan Ojumah

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October 6, 2020

Residents of Dongo Kundu in Kwale are demanding the arrest of land grabbers said to have been compensated in an ongoing road project.

They have now appealed to President Uhuru Kenyatta to intervene in the row which they claim is getting out of hand. The residents held a demonstration on Monday to press for the arrest of the grabbers.The project is domiciled in Magarini and Kinango constituencies.

They accused the National Lznd Commision(NLC) of applying double standards. The area has been acquired by the Government for the construction of a bridge across the Indian Ocean to aid movement of vehicles.

It was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta in October 2019. The residents claim that those who purchased land in the area are being favored. They claim that private land grabbers have already been paid…and at inflated rates.

Former staff slams Klopp for ‘taking all the media credit’

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Dan Ojumah

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October 6, 2020

Liverpool’s former assistant manager Zeljko Buvac has mocked the Liverpool boss, claiming he did all the work but the charismatic Klopp took all the credit.

Klopp and Buvac previously had a successful working relationship at Mainz, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool – Jurgen Klopp once dubbing Buvac as “The Brain” – before the No.2 left Anfield in April 2018.

Buvac has now criticised Klopp for being little more than a media mouthpiece, claiming that all the actual coaching and management of the players is done by his backroom staff.

In an interview on YouTube – which has since been removed from the platform – with Russian journalist Nobel Arustamyan, Buvac said: “I did the coaching job, with the exception of the interviews.

“It felt like I’ve been the manager for all those 17 years. I had all the functions and tried to influence my team as much as I could to help them succeed, but I didn’t need that kind of attention.”

Buvac, who is currently sporting director of Russian first division club Dynamo Moscow, admitted that he preferred to work in the background and was not interested in seeking a No.1 role at any club.

He said: “At the moment I don’t want to be a coach. When Barcelona calls me I will think about it, otherwise not.

“You say I’m here just to stay occupied and wait for a better chance, but if you knew what kind of offers I had rejected during the pause in my career, you wouldn’t have said that. I won’t tell you which clubs.”

When asked if he had congratulated Klopp on winning the league title – Liverpool’s first for 30 years – in the summer, Buvac replied: “I didn’t. I was happy for Liverpool, the fans and the players.”