Lake Turkana fish: How corrupt Kenyan officials make a killing in world’s largest permanent desert lake, impoverish local communities
While data on quantities and earnings from legal fish exports is scanty, international investigators, Institute for Security Studies, estimate the 300 tonnes of fish valued at over $1.7 million from Lake Turkana is smuggled to DRC and Zambia.
Parliamentary committee on climate change criticises Treasury for slashing budget by half
Kajwang, however, regretted that over the past nine years, the Climate Change Council established under the Act has never been reconstituted due to ongoing litigations. The senator said that Kenyan parliament has benefited from over Ksh100 million ($772,200) from the global green climate fund for capacity building purposes.
WHO faces uncertain future as US accuses it of being ‘mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest’
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the WHO capitulated to pressure from the Chinese government by promoting “the fiction that Covid originated from bats or pangolins, rather than from Chinese government-sponsored research at a biolab in Wuhan,” Kennedy said, in a reference to the lab-leak theory of Covid-19’s origin.
Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by bureau of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement
The White House did not respond to a request for clarification about which countries are receiving third-country nationals. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration created a worldwide network of secret prisons and torture sites as part of its global war on terror. Its crown jewel, the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, was established in January 2002 as a place for the United States to hold so-called enemy combatants.
WHO promotes scientist being investigated in US for deceptions and fraud on origins of Covid
US was the biggest contributor to the WHO’s budget. US law requires one year’s notice and the payment of outstanding fees upon withdrawing from the WHO. That means the final full withdrawal will take effect in early 2026. Payment of those fees remains “outstanding,” Reuters reported.
Chickens coming home to roost: Scientists and doctors behind Covid origins con face corruption invstigation, Fauci features as perpetrator
After the paper’s publication on March 17, 2020, Collins promoted the paper in the March 2020 edition of the NIH Director’s Blog. And on May 21, 2020, the NIH finalised a $1.88 million grant to Andersen and the Scripps Research Institute relating to pandemic preparedness in West Africa.
Why Africa’s youngest leader is a hit: Traore articulates revolutionary message that appeals to youth frustrated by thievery of Western democracy
The latest Traore frenzy reached a new peak late April with a solidarity march in the country’s capital, Ouagadougou, following an alleged coup attempt and comments by Gen Michael Langley, the head of US military in Africa, accusing the Burkina Faso leader of misusing the country’s gold reserves.
Gold rush: How exposure to mercury, which causes irreversible brain damage and loss of vision, is a disaster in Senegal
A 2018 Duke University-led study found mercury levels in soils, sediments and water near artisanal gold mining villages in southeastern Senegal that exceeded safety thresholds set by the World Health Organization and US Environmental Protection Agency by 10 to 100 times.
Kenya revenue agency registers 96 per cent collection performance, crosses Ksh2 trillion in second quarter of finance year
To further improve tax compliance and convenience for landlords, the Electronic Rental Income Tax System (eRITS) was recently rolled out. This digital platform enables landlords and property owners to seamlessly compute, file and pay Monthly Rental Income (MRI) tax.
