Tsiswa weather forest: Indigenous climate  knowledge used in western Kenya said to provide accurate predictions than modern meteorology

Tsiswa weather forest: Indigenous climate knowledge used in western Kenya said to provide accurate predictions than modern meteorology

Furthermore, the synergy between indigenous and scientific knowledge is already saving lives as ICPAC facilitates forums where satellite data and indigenous forecasts are discussed together, creating consensus-based outlooks broadcast through local radio networks in vernacular languages.

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Congo, Rwanda bicker over withdrawal of M23 rebels from cities in the east hours after signing ceasefire deal in Qatar

Congo, Rwanda bicker over withdrawal of M23 rebels from cities in the east hours after signing ceasefire deal in Qatar

In it, both parties committed to “building trust” through various measures, including an exchange of prisoners and detainees as well as restoring state authority in all parts of the country, including rebel-held areas.

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Kenya, Tanzania put aside occasional trade and political tiffs to launch terrestrial fibre link

Kenya, Tanzania put aside occasional trade and political tiffs to launch terrestrial fibre link

The initiative, implemented through the partnership between Kenya’s ICT Authority (ICTA) and Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTLC) is expected to boost economic integration, e-governance and access to digital services across the East African Community.

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KARLO invests in rice ratoon technology to push up Kenya’s output from current 183,000 tonnes per year

KARLO invests in rice ratoon technology to push up Kenya’s output from current 183,000 tonnes per year

The director noted that KALRO has produced high yielding varieties of rice that are drought tolerant and that with some of the varieties, farmers are able to do direct seeding, while for others they are able to do a ratoon, where immediately they harvest the first crop of rice they only need to add fertilizer and harvest the second time from the ratoon.

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Tax agency paints rosy future of Kenya’s economic outlook after surpassing targets despite World and IMF’s gloomy forecast

Tax agency paints rosy future of Kenya’s economic outlook after surpassing targets despite World and IMF’s gloomy forecast

Notwithstanding these challenges, KRA boss Humphrey Wattanga avers that KRA’s robust measures yielded a significant revenue collection turnaround in the second half of the financial year as revenue grew by 9.1 per cent, compared to the 4.5 per cent growth recorded in the first half of the financial year.

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Why trying to simply declare independence from US dollar and technology isn’t a viable option

Why trying to simply declare independence from US dollar and technology isn’t a viable option

In Europe, discussions are coalescing around an ambitious idea called EuroStack, an EU-led “digital supply chain” that would give Europe technological sovereignty independent from the US and other countries.

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‘Enshittification’ of American power: How US hegemony is sustained by network logic that’s difficult and expensive to break away from

‘Enshittification’ of American power: How US hegemony is sustained by network logic that’s difficult and expensive to break away from

So dollar clearing is an expedient. It’s also the chief enforcement mechanism of US financial policy across the globe. If foreign banks don’t implement US financial sanctions and other measures, they risk losing access to US dollar clearing and going under. This threat is so existentially dire that, when Lam was placed under US sanctions

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Air India crash investigation report pinpoints pilot confusion that led to the accident that killed 260

Air India crash investigation report pinpoints pilot confusion that led to the accident that killed 260

The commanding pilot of the Air India plane was Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, who had a total flying experience of 15,638 hours and, according to the Indian government, was also an Air India instructor. His co-pilot was Clive Kunder, 32, who had 3,403 hours of total experience.

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Boeing settles with a Canada-based Kenyan man whose wife and three children perished in 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

Boeing settles with a Canada-based Kenyan man whose wife and three children perished in 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

Boeing reached a settlement on Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets. The jury trial at Chicago’s federal court had...

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Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’

Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’

Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported that censorship extended to intelligence agencies. In August 2021, the Biden administration excluded the FBI from a White House intelligence briefing, preventing the bureau from presenting evidence supporting the lab-leak theory.

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