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  • Four Ugandans abducted on Lake Albert

    {Hoima- Four Ugandan fishermen have been abducted by suspected Congolese soldiers on Lake Albert in western Uganda, security officials have confirmed.}

    According to the Hoima Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Isaac Kawoya, the fishermen were abducted by an armed group on Wednesday at about 2 am.

    Eyewitnesses told security officials that the fishermen had just cast their nets by the time they were attacked by unidentified armed people who claimed to be Congolese soldiers.

    Mr Kawoya said the fishermen were abducted near Kaiso Landing Site after being accused of fishing in DRC waters.

    He said the captives are being held at Jo Landing Site in Ituri Province in Eastern DRC.

    Fights, accusations and abductions are common on Lake Albert where DRC authorities repeatedly accuse Ugandan fishermen of fishing in their territory.

    Ironically, there is no clear marked boundary between Uganda and DRC in the lake that links the borders of the two countries.

    Those abducted are Fula, Jakisa,Kadogo and Merisa, according to Buseruka Sub-county councilor, Mr Godfrey Komakech.

    Mr Komakeck has been permitted by the Hoima District Security Committee to lead a team of local leaders that has gone to DRC to negotiate the release of the fishermen.

    “We have given him a covering letter to engage authorities in DRC where our fishermen are being held,” Mr Kawoya said.

    The abductors reportedly confiscated five engine boats and fishing nets which the fishermen were using.

    {{Background}}

    In May 2016, a suspected Congolese armed group attacked Ugandan policemen who were on patrol on Lake Albert and killed three of them.

    On October 22, 2012, a group of about 20 men carrying guns stormed Nkondo Landing Site where they allegedly confiscated mobile phones and fish from Ugandan fishermen in the area.

    In August 2007, a Canadian Heritage Oil engineer, Carl Nefdt was shot dead allegedly by Congolese government forces, when a Heritage exploration barge had allegedly crossed into DRC waters.

    Heritage, which also had an oil licence on the DRC side of the lake but no permission to begin work, was accused by Kinshasa of using its Uganda operations to conduct seismic surveys in DRC.

    In 2007, Uganda and DRC bickered over the ownership of Rukwanzi Island; the disputed border between the countries runs through an area believed to have billions of barrels of crude oil.

    In May 2013, three Ugandan fisheries enforcement officials and two policemen were abducted by a group of armed Congolese operatives on Lake Albert.

    Uganda and Congolese officials in February,2013 met in Hoima to discuss the rising tensions and insecurity on the boarder of the two countries.

    The Congolese delegation was led by the Ituri Resident District Commissioner Mr Avo Eka while the Ugandan team was headed by the then Hoima Resident District Commissioner , Ms Jeane Kaliba.

    The leaders of Ituri District and Hoima District signed a joint communiqué after a meeting which resolved to conduct joint operations by fisheries and security officials from the two countries to prevent clashes and disagreements between the two countries during operations to crack down illegal fishing gears.

    On November 10th,2012, there was a heavy exchange of gunfire in the Lake Albert waters between a Ugandan security team and an armed group believed to be from DRC. The group accused Ugandan fisheries officials of harassing Congolese fishermen.

    A boat carrying fishermen and passengers on Lake Albert. Abductions on the lake are rampant.

    Source:Daily Monitor

  • Kenya receives Sh8.8bn to boost education

    {A Sh8.84 billion grant has been secured to improve and strengthen education in the country.
    }

    The first tranche of Sh407 million from the Global Partnership for Education will go to 1,357 schools in 27 counties.

    The multilateral partnership gives education to children in the world’s poorest nations.

    A total of 4,000 schools in all 47 counties will be covered in the four-year project until March 2018 under the World Bank-supervised Kenya primary education development project (Priede).

    {{NUMBER OF SCHOOLS}}

    In an advertisement in the government newspaper, My.Gov on Tuesday, the schools will have to adhere to management and accountability requirements.

    According to the advert, the funding will go to 131 schools in Nakuru County and 120 in Murang’a as will 95 in Homa Bay.

    In Taita-Taveta, 93 schools have been singled out in the first phase and 85 in Meru.

    Counties with the least schools in the first phase are Tana River, with five, Nairobi and Marsabit (12), Wajir (15) and Samburu (19).

    “Each school will receive a grant of $5,000 (Sh500,000) in two tranches,” reads the ad by the Principal Secretary, State Department for Basic Education.

    {{LITERACY LEVELS}}

    The first tranche will be given out based on the school’s categorisation following findings of the recent school-based risk audit.

    In 2016, the government distributed 4.8 million textbooks to more than 20,000 primary schools under the Tusome Project in a bid to improve literacy in Standard One and Two.

    According to the ministry, eight firms have been recruited to train 4,000 school teams on school improvement plans.

    About 4,000 head teachers and 8,000 boards of management have also been sensitised on teachers performance appraisal development.

    Recently, Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang said private schools will be included in Tusome and Priede.

    “As we prepare to print the second copies of the book of Priede, we want to see how we can work with you and how children in our private schools will benefit from the methodology and contents from the curriculum delivered from these concepts,” said Dr Kipsang at the close of the 20th annual conference for private school managers in Mombasa.

    Kenya Private Schools Association chairperson Mutheu Kasanga had complained that private schools had been unfairly left out of the two developments.

    Class Eight pupils of Nabongo Primary School in Kakamega sit for a Kiswahili exam on March 14, 2017. The government has received money for the advancement of the sector.

    Source:Daily Nation

  • WB advises Dar on economy

    {As the economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to recover to 2.6 per cent, the World Bank has advised Tanzania to invest in both soft and hard infrastructure for a better investment climate and economic growth.}

    The World Bank said in its latest report ‘Africa’s Pulse’ launched on Wednesday that economic growth was seen expanding to 2.6 per cent this year and further to 3.2 per cent in 2018 and 3.5 per cent a year later.

    This was said yesterday by the World Bank chief economist for Africa, Albert Zeufack, during a teleconference while launching the report from the banks headquarters in Washington. “It is time to focus on both soft and hard traditional infrastructure bearing in mind that its efficiency matters a lot, it is also important to invest smartly on them,” he noted.

    Mr Zeufack further said Tanzania was among the seven African countries that continued exhibiting economic resilience, supported by domestic demand posting annual growth rates above 5.4 per cent in 2015- 2017.

    Other African countries are Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda and Senegal. These countries house nearly 27 per cent of the region’s population and account for 13 per cent of the regions total gross domestic product (GDP) Hard infrastructure includes roads, bridges and railways while soft infrastructure is human capital and institutions that cultivate it, such as community colleges and universities.

    He further said telecommunication infrastructure has improved dramatically in Sub- Saharan Africa, the number of fixed and mobile phone lines per 1,000 people increased from three in 1990 to 736 in 2014 and the number of internet users per 100 people increased from 1.3 in 2005 to 16.7 in 2015.

    An economics lecturer at Mzumbe University, Prof Prosper Ngowi, said it was important for Tanzania to focus on soft infrastructure as the value transacted in that was much bigger than cargo transported in hard infrastructure.

    The bank said the 2016 growth was the worst for the region in more than two decades, hurt by poor performance in Angola, Nigeria and South Africa, though Mali and Ivory Coast grew by more than six per cent. Mr Zeufack said tackling infrastructure was the key to stability.

    Only 35 per cent of Africans have access to electricity which is the lowest among developing countries and that road density on the continent was also the lowest in the world.

    “Risks to growth could occur if there is a slippage on reforms, heightened security concerns and policy uncertainty, leading to a sudden stop in investments,” Zeufack said.

    Source:Daily News

  • New divisions threaten stability in the DRC

    {Two political accords and three prime ministers later, and four months after Congolese President Joseph Kabila was due to leave office at the end of his second mandate, credible elections and political stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) appear more elusive than ever.}

    The 31 December political accord, brokered in good faith by the Catholic Conférence Episcopale Nationale du Congo (CENCO), remains the only viable blueprint for political stability in the DRC. It calls for elections by the end of 2017, no third mandate for Kabila and the formation of a new government, led by a prime minister issued from the ranks of the Rassemblement de l’opposition (Rassop), the country’s largest political opposition alliance – led until his death on 1 February by Etienne Tshisekedi.

    The 31 December political accords were based on the principles of consensus, inclusivity and transparency; the government that would emerge would draw its legitimacy from these principles, and the credibility of the elections it would organise would be based upon them.

    But getting the disparate parties to implement the 31 December accord, in letter and in spirit, was always going to be difficult, mainly because it involved concrete concessions from the ruling presidential alliance, the Majorité Présidentielle (MP), which has been the architect of the glissage – or delaying strategy that has allowed Kabila to remain in office past December 2016.

    Credible elections and political stability in the DRC appear more elusive than ever
    On the other side of the political divide, Tshisekedi’s credibility and popularity kept the Rassop’s many components united and on board with the 31 December agreement. The political opposition also knew it had common cause with the international community, which wants elections to take place as soon as possible.

    Most importantly though, sustained political pressure from the population, which has repeatedly manifested its desire to see Kabila go, has been a significant factor driving both the opposition and the international community to maintain pressure on Kabila and his elite.

    However, Tshisekedi’s death – and the subsequent leadership squabbles this has provoked in both his party, the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS), and the Rassop alliance – have given rise to political opportunism. UDPS veterans unhappy with the anointment of Tshisekedi’s son Felix have balked at his nomination to head the alliance and the party. Several have jumped ship or been excluded and have formed ‘new’ parties – not because they think these parties are viable political entities that can win elections, but to position themselves as the preferred opposition partner for a ruling elite looking for viable puppets.

    Kabila’s ruling alliance has in some instances actively encouraged splits in the opposition.

    CENCO attempted for some weeks to lock down the details of the accord, but it threw in the towel on 21 March on the grounds that it could not get the parties to agree. It rebuked the Congolese political class, whom it accused of lacking goodwill and of pursuing its own selfish interests at the expense of the interests of the country and the Congolese population.

    The MP has lapped this up – and in some instances, actively encouraged these splits. Picking up where CENCO left off, Kabila held talks with numerous political players in early April, including dissident members of the UDPS and the Rassop.

    And as expected, on 7 April, Kabila nominated one such dissident to the post of prime minister. As a founding member of the UDPS and former close associate of Tshisekedi’s, the new prime minister doesn’t lack opposition credentials. Even so, in designating Bruno Tshibala, Kabila chose someone he can argue is not from his political camp and whose nomination follows the letter of the 31 December accord, all the while knowing that he has full control over the new government chief.

    Tshibala’s nomination has done nothing to soothe tension in the country. Mass protests called by the Rassop in the days after the nomination were scuppered when authorities’ refused to grant permission for the marches, but morphed into a widely followed one-day stay-away.

    Several key countries have also expressed concern about Tshibala’s nomination and have emphasised that the 31 December accord remains the only blueprint for the period leading up to elections. The European Union was sharply criticised by the foreign minister for this stance, and the international community was warned not to interfere in domestic matters.

    Into this political morass wades MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC. MONUSCO has long had a difficult relationship with Kabila, who has openly criticised the mission for staying beyond its initial mandate to establish peace and oversee the country’s post-conflict elections in 2006. The recently adopted UN Security Council resolution 2348 focuses MONUSCO’s mandate specifically on implementing the 31 December accord, and Maman Sidikou, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, has started meeting with the various parties.

    To avoid diluting its standing on peace and security, new AU leaders must tackle the DRC crisis

    The African Union (AU), which brokered the October 2016 political accord that was rejected by the political opposition, has taken a backseat, although in late March the Peace and Security Council did express concern about delays in implementing the 31 December accord. Given AU member states’ history of solidarity with the incumbent, it may be a long shot to expect tough measures from the continental body. Still, the AU is under new leadership, and if it fails to tackle the growing crisis in the DRC, its standing as a significant actor on continental peace and security issues will be further diluted.

    Kabila acquiesced to a new round of talks last year, following pressure from Angola. Whether Angola will weigh in again is unclear.

    Kabila and his elite have over the past six months been able to cobble together a semblance of cooperation and compliance, and have avoided looking like the only spoiler in the room. From their perspective, there is no good reason to submit to another round of talks which could involve additional painful concessions.

    Despite this, pressure from the international community, the AU and regional bodies like the Southern Africa Development Community and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to abide by the 31 December accord must be maintained if the DRC is not to slide into full-scale political chaos.

    Source:Issafrica

  • U.N. condemns ‘grotesque rape chants’ by Burundi youth militia

    {The United Nations’ top human rights official is condemning a chant by a pro-government youth militia in the small East African country of Burundi.}

    The chant is shown in a video recorded and distributed by the human rights groups iBurundi and RCP Burundi. The U.N. says the members of the militia, called Imbonerakure, are encouraging the rape of women from the opposition so “that they give birth to Imbonerakure.”

    In a statement, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the video confirmed that this “organized militia” has been waging a “campaign of fear and terror.”

    “Such blatant and brazen hate speech and incitement to violence must not be tolerated nor encouraged,” Zeid said. “In a region which has suffered so many massive outbreaks of violence and atrocities, this type of organized incitement rings very loud alarm bells.”

    The current conflict in Burundi started about two years ago when President Pierre Nkurunziza sought a third term. An attempted coup by rebel military forces followed and since then the government has targeted those suspected of taking part in the coup. Their actions have taken an ethnic dimension and the Imbonerakure — which means “those who can see far” in the principal local language of Kirundi — have taken a central role.

    Last summer, for example, Human Rights Watch issued a report that found the Imbonerakure routinely used rape in attacks against members of opposition parties and their family members. One researcher said at the time that youth militia members “tied up, brutally beat and gang-raped women, often with their children nearby.”

    The government of Burundi denies that there is widespread conflict in the country. They’ve asked the government of Uganda to repatriate about 50,000 refugees because they say Burundi is now safe. What’s more, when this video first surfaced earlier this month, the ruling party condemned the chants and said that a preliminary investigation had found the chants were driven by “influences outside the party.”

    In his statement today, the U.N.’s Zeid appeared unconvinced. He pointed out that chants have been reported across the country and that days after this video surfaced, Imbonerakure youth chanted the same song during the inauguration of a party office.

    “The grotesque rape chants by the young men of the Imbonerakure across several provinces in various parts of Burundi are deeply alarming — particularly because they confirm what we have been hearing from those who have fled Burundi about a campaign of fear and terror by this organized militia,” Zeid added.

    The conflict in Burundi has displaced more than 400,000 people to neighboring countries. According to the International Federation for Human Rights, more than 1,000 Burundians have been killed since the beginning of this conflict and some 8,000 are being held for political reasons.

    Source:NPR

  • Ugandan health workers shortlisted for Women in Focus Awards

    Three Ugandan health workers have made it to the final shortlist of the inaugural Women in Focus Awards that will take place in Geneva, Switzerland this week.

    The awards celebrate the crucial role played by women in the on-going fight against neglected tropical diseases, a role which often goes unrecognised and unrewarded.

    The three nominees are Edridah Muheki Tukahebwa (Kampala) who has dedicated her career for tackling NTDs in Uganda, Aciro Grace Oyat (Lamwo District), who started volunteering as a community drugs distributor and worked during the LRA insurgency in northern Uganda and Nancy Komakech, who is concerned about the detrimental effect that data has on identifying and testing Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).

    The health practitioners were all selected a judging panel for their outstanding role in fighting NTDs.

    The three will be joining women from 11 countries across the globe today.
    Tukahebwa, who has worked in the area of tracking NTDs for 20 years, has been shortlisted among the finalists of the Leadership Award. She is currently working in the Vector Control Division at the Ministry of Health in Uganda.

    Ms Oyat, 54, has been shortlisted among the finalists of the Inspirational Award. Her competitors include Sabittri Rani Roy from Bangladesh, Brigitte Jordan from Spain and Birke Nigatu from Ethiopia. Ms Oyat began volunteering as a community drug distributor in 2007 and she was the only female working in hard to reach conflict affected areas.

    Ms Komakech, who has championed treating NTDs, has been shortlisted among the finalists for the Community Champion Award. She is competing against Susan Nkirote Mbabu from Kenya, Sunita Devi from India and Agnes Ochai from Nigeria.

    Dr Wendy Harrison the Chairperson of the Neglected Tropical Diseases NGDO Network (NNN) said that the Awards are celebrating women who are making a remarkable impact in treating NTDs in their communities.

    “The Women in Focus Awards shine a light on women from all over the world who are working in their local communities, making a remarkable impact on tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases. One in seven people on the planet suffer from these diseases. That’s more than the entire population of Europe,” Dr Harrison said.

    “Every day women all around the world are making crucial contributions to help defeat them and this is our chance to celebrate and acknowledge their vital role. We were blown away by the standard of entries and delighted to be honoring these truly remarkable women from Uganda,” he added.

    According to the End Fund, an NGO that fights NTDs, the diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect over 1.5 billion of the world’s most impoverished people, including 875 million children.

    They cause severe pain, long-term disability, and are the cause of death for over 170,000 people per year. Amongst children, infection leads to malnutrition, cognitive impairment, stunted growth, and the inability to attend school.

    In Uganda, a survey conducted by the Malaria consortium showed that among the common NTDs are Trachoma, Buruli ulcer, Leprosy and River blindness.

    According to Dr Godfrey Magumba, the Director Malaria consortium Uganda, they did a survey in Uganda about the state of NTD’S and they discovered that the diseases greatly affect the marginalised groups.

    Source:Daily Monitor

  • Magufuli stops Kenya plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

    {President John Magufuli on Wednesday scuttled Kenya’s attempts to hire doctors from Tanzania, by ordering his administration to hire them instead.}

    The order to absorb 258 doctors he had allowed to come and work in Kenya was prompted by the legal battles in Kenya that have blocked their hiring.

    The announcement came from the Twitter handle of Ummy Mwalimu, Tanzania’s health minister.

    The minister later posted a statement in Kiswahili, providing a chronology of events and indicating that there may be disappointment among the Tanzanian doctors that the plan did not succeed even after they underwent a rigorous selection process.

    {{Hiring 500 doctors }}

    “On March 18, 2017, a delegation from Kenya led by the minister for Health, Dr Cleopa Mailu, arrived in Tanzania and met President John Pombe Magufuli, the President of the Republic of Tanzania with the intention of hiring about 500 doctors from Tanzania,” he said.

    This was in the twilight days of the doctors’ strike that began on December 5, 2016, and their absence from hospitals had created a health crisis.

    In an attempt to deal with the shortage, the Health ministry sought the help of Tanzania to recruit 500 of its doctors.

    On the day of Dr Mailu’s visit, the Tanzanian statement said, the local health ministry had announced the Kenyan vacancies for Tanzanian doctors. The deadline for applications was March 27.

    “We received 497 applications and 258 doctors met the threshold,” the Tanzanian minister said.

    {{Doubts arose }}

    The 258 met the relevant criteria, including educational testimonials from secondary to medical schools, internships, work experience and age (not more than 55).

    They also had to be registered by the medical board of Tanzania, and not be government employees.

    The agreement between Kenya and Tanzania was that the doctors would be allowed to travel to Kenya between April 6 and 10.

    But doubts arose as medical associations in both countries and health experts questioned the practicality of the decision, ultimately leading to a court case.

    According to the World Health Organisation, none of the three East African countries meets the recommended doctor-patient ratio of one health worker to 600 patients, an equivalent of 167 per 100,000 patients.

    {{Providing employment }}

    Tanzania, the most populous of the three countries with 53 million people as of 2015 and the largest, has only three doctors per 100,000; Uganda has 12 for every 100,000; and Kenya has 20 doctors per 100,000 people.

    In the ministry’s defence, Dr Mailu told NTV in an interview: “There are associations and unions, but they do not run the government and each should stay within its mandate.”

    He added: “The government has a responsibility to its citizens, including providing employment.”

    Every year, Tanzania’s eight medical schools produce about 1,000 doctors. Very few of them get jobs. The Tanzanian government said it was open to offering another 500 as long as Kenya starts negotiations afresh.

    Doctors demonstrate in Kisumu County on February 14, 2017. Tanzania's President John Magufuli on Wednesday scuttled Kenya’s attempts to hire doctors from that country.

    Source:Daily Nation

  • Mahiga leads second peace mission in troubled DRC

    {Foreign Affairs and East African Co-operation Minister, Dr Augustine Mahiga and Deputy Foreign Ministers from Angola and Mozambique, arrived in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) yesterday to assess the political and security situation in that country.}

    Minister Mahiga will be accompanied by Angola’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Manuel Augusto and Mozambican counterpart portfolio holder Nyeleti Mondlane. Dr Mahiga who will be leading the delegation is the current chair of the regional (Southern African Development Community’s) Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (SADC-Troika).

    This is the second mission to the DRC following a resolution made at the SADC-Troika Heads of State summit held in Swaziland on March 17, this year, which called for the second assessment ahead of elections slated for December, this year.

    At the Swaziland meeting, the leaders discussed measures taken by the regional grouping to address political and security impasse in that country. “They also received and discussed a report of the first mission by the ministerial delegation in October, last year and a report by a team of experts from DRC who visited the country in February, this year,” according to a statement issued yesterday by the Communications unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Co-operation.

    During its visit in the DRC, the ministerial team will meet government officials including DRC’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, representatives from the United Nations peace-keeping mission in that country (MONUSCO).

    According to its schedule, the delegation is as well expected to meet with officials in the President’s office, representatives of catholic bishops and leaders of political parties and civil society organisations.

    The team will also meet with ambassadors from SADC member states who are accredited to the DRC. The mission will end tomorrow (April 21).

    Source:Daily News

  • UPDF withdraws from Central African Republic

    {Uganda has started withdrawing its military troops involved in the US-backed operations against Lords Resistance Army rebels from Central African Republic today.}

    A total of 31 UPDF soldiers landed at Gulu Airfield in Gulu District on Tuesday and Wednesday in the on-going military withdraws.

    The 4th Infantry Division Spokesperson Lt Hassan Kato confirmed to Daily Monitor in an interview Wednesday that UPDF has began it’s total withdraw from CAR.

    BrigadierJoseph Katsigazi, the UPDF Chief of Staff received some of the soldiers at Gulu Airfield.

    Uganda put its boots on the ground in CAR in 2009 after it was reported that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels were causing instability in the densely forested western town of Obo.
    In 2010, the US government sent 100 of its Special Forces soldiers to support the UPDF in intelligence gathering on LRA activities in CAR.

    The Ugandan army has been the only active African force hunting down the rebels in the jungles, but in 2012, regional governments agreed to form a Regional Task Force (RTF) under the African Union to boost the fight against LRA. Forces from DR Congo, South Sudan and CAR were supposed to deploy under the RTF.

    A contingent of troops after landing in Gulu

    Source:Daily Monitor

  • Kenya:Jubilee sets primaries for two days, assures aspirants of fair poll

    {The Jubilee Party has now rescinded its decision to conduct its high-stakes nominations in a single day, and will now hold them on April 21 and 25.
    }

    The party’s National Elections Board said it made the decision following an increase in the number of counties that will hold the primaries from 33 to 45.

    Board chairman Andrew Musangi also said the Jubilee ballot papers are foolproof.

    “If you can produce the Jubilee ballot paper, then you can also produce the Sh100 note,” Mr Musangi said the party’s ballot papers.

    Secretary-General Raphael Tuju also sought to allay fears of possible rigging in the nominations.

    “If you can rig the Jubilee process, please come to me and I’ll pay you money,” he said.

    Mr Tuju assured aspirants that the process will be free and fair, and that the ballot papers are foolproof.

    He said the papers have five security features including different colour codes for the different seats, unique serial numbers and a watermark he said only five people know.

    {{Counties that will conduct nominations on April 21:}}

    1. Kirinyaga

    2. Elgeyo Marakwet

    3. Meru

    4. Uasin Gishu

    5. Baringo

    6. Bomet

    7. Laikipia

    8. Murang’a

    9. Tharaka-Nithi

    10. Kiambu

    11. Nyandarua

    12. Embu

    13. Kericho

    14. West Pokot

    15. Nandi

    16. Nakuru

    17. Nyeri

    18. Nairobi

    19. Kajiado

    20. Narok

    21. Trans-Nzoia

    22. Taita Taveta

    Counties that will conduct nominations on April 25:

    1. Lamu

    2. Wajir

    3. Mandera

    4. Marsabit

    5. Turkana

    6. Samburu

    7. Kilifi

    8. Tana River

    9. Mombasa

    10. Kitui

    11. Machakos

    12. Makueni

    13. Kakamega

    14. Vihiga

    15. Bungoma

    16. Busia

    17. Homa Bay

    18. Migori

    19. Kwale

    20. Garissa

    21. Nyamira

    22. Isiolo

    23. Kisii

    Jubilee National Election Board officials at a press conference on April 19, 2017. They announced that the party will hold its nominations in two days, on April 21 and April 25.

    Source:Daily Nation