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Magoha lauds proposal to phase out Bachelor of Education program Education Cabinet Secretary Prof YOUR ADVERTISIMENT NEEDS George Magoha has lauded the phasing For any news you would wish us to publish, email us: [email protected] For Adverts & Sponsorship email us: [email protected] out of the Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree program. Page 18 The Where Investors Get Returns MT. KENYA TIMES themtkenyatimes Monday, May 31, 2021 No. 00359 www.mtkenyatimes.co.ke mountkenyatimes Staying optimistic P. 12. Sometimes, it’s hard to be happy when you think about what’s going on in the world. It’s harder still when the people around you constantly complain about all those things that are happening. BBI is not helping Raila and his family. BBI is not helping Uhuru. It is for bringing justice JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE for every Kenyan. BILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN THE UNITED And that is what I REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA am pleading with P. 14. 7. Matters resolved on the you, please come part of the Republic of Kenya include; granting cement prod- out and support it,” ucts preferential treatment, the United Republic of Tanzania has President Kenyatta. started implementing the Single Window System President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioning the Shs 2.4bn Bondo Water Supply Project in Siaya County. Photo | PSCU STORY ON PAGE 9 The delicate balance -miss out or burn out 2022 general elections, party leader by-elections and general election Juja MP-elect P. 10. There is a high likelihood of By: Samuel Kimani @mountkenyatimes has said. exercise. George Koimburi you struggling a lot with imagina- (right) with tions when you are invited for an Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria Kuria, who spoke during a meeting The People Empowerment Party Gatundu South event and you fail to attend due to made the announcement on Sat- with members of his party, said PEP MP Moses Kuria | being unaware of the benefi ts that (PEP) will soon kick off the process urday in Murang’a saying his Par- will focus on a nationwide tour to Courtesy you could derive from attendance of nominating aspirants ahead of the ty will nominate aspirants in both STORY ON PAGE 13 2 | NATIONAL Monday, May 31, 2021 | The Mt. Kenya Times News >> This comes even as the positivity rate stood at 4.7 per cent as of May 30, 2021 CURFEW EXTENDED BY A FURTHER 60 DAYS By: Jane Njoki administration officers, licensed @MountKenyatimes pharmaceuticals companies, pharmacies and drug stores, The government has extended the licensed broadcasters, media houses ongoing nationwide curfew by a and other gazetted essential service further 60 days. providers. The Nationwide curfew is part of This comes even as the positivity the Covid-19 containment measures rate stood at 4.7 per cent as of May put in place by the government. 30, 2021, with 162 positive cases The curfew which currently runs reported on Sunday. between 10 pm and 4 am will be in Total confirmed positive cases in place until 27 July. the country stand at 170,647 while Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred the cumulative tests conducted Matiangi in a legal notice No.89 so far are 1,809,890, as per the said the order shall apply to the aforementioned date. entire territory of the Republic of Cases of recoveries in the country Kenya. stand at 116,776 while 3,157 have “This Order shall apply during succumbed to the virus since it was the hours of darkness between ten reported in the country in March o’clock in the evening and four last year. o’clock in the morning with effect Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi from the 28th of May, 2021 and recently warned that Kenya faces a shall remain in effect for a period high possibility of a fourth wave as of sixty days thereof,” said CS the numbers continue to surge. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi Matiang’i. Speaking during the country Matiang’i further directed that National breakfast last week, there would be no public gatherings, Mwangangi urged Kenyans to received the first dose to remain from Juba, South Sudan. said the earliest they can resume processions, or movement either remain steadfast in following all the patient and await their second dose Kenya launched its phased exports is June. alone or as a group during the period laid out protocols. 12 weeks from the date of their vaccination against Coronavirus on The Health Ministry has so of the curfew. The ministry of Health is expected first dose. It is worth noting that March 5 with 1,120,000 doses of far vaccinated a total of 968,733 Gatherings will only be permitted, to commence administering the the Coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) the AstraZeneca vaccine. persons against the Covid-19 in writing, by a police officer in second dose of the AstraZeneca disease is new, rapidly evolving The country struggled to get the disease countrywide. charge of the police in a county or a vaccine this week. and information on prevention, second consignment of the vaccine Of these 293,240 are aged 58 years police officer in charge of the police The decision came after the treatment and vaccination is after receiving 1.02 million doses and above, Health workers 165,409, in charge of a division/sub-county. National Taskforce on Covid-19 changing every so often based on out of the expected 3.5 million. Teachers 152,315, Security Officers The Order shall not apply Vaccines Deployment and scientific research and evidence,” This is after India struggled 82,007 and Others 275,762. to the services, personnel, or vaccination revised the interval the Health Ministry said earlier this with a surge in cases making the essential workers including period for the administration of the month. sole manufacturer of the vaccines, medical professionals and health second dose of the AstraZeneca On Saturday evening, Kenya the Serum Institute, to focus on workers, National security vaccine to 12 weeks. received 72,000 doses of the satisfying the local demand. officers and National Government “This is to urge all those who AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine The Indian-based manufacturer The Mt Kenya Times is a Kenyan Newspaper that provides a unified view of Kenyan news, entrepreneurship, events, opinions, analysis, and a historical background to current affairs in a way that is both creative and innovative. 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