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Kenya's ongoing liquidity crisis claims another victim as Imperial Bank is brought into receivership, leaving its depositors asking whether they'll see their money again. David Pollard reports.
Mwea (Kenya), Sep 10 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Daniel Irungu).- The Roka Primary School, located in Mwea, a town about 100 kilometres north of Nairobi, like others in the region and the country, has turned its classrooms into chicken coops and the playground into a garden where two teachers have changed the books for growing vegetables. FOOTAGE OF SCHOOLS TURNED INTO FARMS.SOUNDBITES OF:-JAMES K. KUNG'U, OWNER OF ROKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.-MOSES WANDERA, CHIEF OF STUDIES, ROKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.-BEATRICE MAINA, MANAGER OF MWEA BRETHREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Bangkok, La Paz, Nairobi, Jun 19 (EFE).-Although the coronavirus pandemic has killed more men it is women who are the most vulnerable to its social and economic effects, from single mothers in Thailand to domestic abuse victims in Kenya.Women often take on the role of caregivers for children, the elderly and the sick, and during lockdown many have not only lost their jobs but have been exposed to domestic violence as well as a widening gap of systematic inequality, especially in the poorest countries.UN Women warns in a report on the effects of Covid-19 that women do an average of 4.1 hours a day of unpaid work, such as housework or caring for dependents – triple that of men.(Camera: GASPAR RUIZ CANELA, GINA BALDIVIESO, PATRICIA MARTÍNEZ). SHOTLIST: FOOTAGE FROM BANGKOK, THAILAND (BEGINNING TO 01:56); LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (01:56 -04:22); NAIROBI, KENYA (04:22-05:53).SOUNDBITES:1.)WANNISA MANATHAM, A WORKER AT CHULALONGKORN HOSPITAL IN BANGKOK (IN THAI)."I have a lot of problems in life, but I am fine. I am a single mother and I have to take on many responsibilities (00:13-00:34)"“I have to support my family financially. I have to provide for my grandmother so she can buy food. Before the pandemic, my brother and sister could help with that (00:44-01:15). "2.)LEÍDA ALONZO, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF DOMESTIC WORKERS OF BOLIVIA (IN SPANISH)."Our sector is very much affected by the pandemic since the domestic workers live far from their work and they are being fired from their job for not showing up (02:25-02:48)."3.) LEONARDA, DOMESTIC WORKER (IN SPANISH)"I'm not working now, so I am knitting blankets. I'm with that at the moment and it's not even enough for my medicine. I owe rent. Here are my papers -- I've not paid for February. I owe it and I'm worried." (03:38-03:22)4.) MAYA RIZIKI, A KENYAN SURVIVOR OF GENDER VIOLENCE (REAL NAME WITHHELD AND VOICE MODIFIED FOR THE SAFETY OF THE INTERVIEWEE - IN ENGLISH).5.) NJERI WA MIGWI, CO-FOUNDER OF A SMALL REFUGE HOME FOR WOMEN IN NAIROBI (IN ENGLISH).
Three blasts kill at least 17 people and wound over 50 others in Shi'ite areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Journalists asked Boris Johnson if he would like to apologise for with some of the less diplomatic comments he has directed at world leaders over the years following his first press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday. Johnson was appointed Foreign Secretary by Theresa May, in a government reshuffle following Brexit. Johnson fronted the leave campaign which has been criticised with making misleading claims over government spending and immigration.
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